| Family |
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name |
Helianthus tuberosus L. |
| Synonyms |
Helianthus besseyi Bates; Helianthus esculentus Warczewicz; Helianthus
mollissimus E. Watson; Helianthus neomexicanus Wooton & Standley; Helianthus
serotinus Tausch; Helianthus strumosus L. subsp. tomentosus (Michaux) Anashchenko;
Helianthus subcanescens (A. Gray) E. Watson; Helianthus tomentosus Michaux;
Helianthus tuberosus L. var. albus Cockerell; Helianthus tuberosus L. var.
albus Alefeld; Helianthus tuberosus L. var. alexandri Cockerell; Helianthus
tuberosus L. var. fusiformis Cockerell; Helianthus tuberosus L. var. lutescens
Alefeld; Helianthus tuberosus L. var. multituberculatus Cockerell; Helianthus
tuberosus L. var. nebrascensis Cockerell; Helianthus tuberosus L. var.
oblongifolius Alefeld; Helianthus tuberosus L. var. purpurellus Cockerell;
Helianthus tuberosus L. var. purpureus Cockerell; Helianthus tuberosus
L. var. ruber Alefeld; Helianthus tuberosus L. var. subcanescens A. Gray;
Helianthus tuberosus L. var. typicus Cockerell; Helianthus vicetinus Turra
ex Zahghieri |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) kiku-imo [potato aster] |
| (English common name) Jerusalem artichoke, earth apple |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] USA |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=102 |
| Description |
Plants electing 1-3m. Flowers capitulums 5-10mm, 10-20 yellow ray flowers
3-5cm, flowering in August to November. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Helianthus tuberosus L. |
| Helianthus tuberosus L. |
| Helianthus tuberosus L. |
| Note |
Naturalized plants (intorduced as vegitable in 1959) |
