Helianthus tuberosus

Helianthus tuberosus

  • Helianthus tuberosus
  • Helianthus tuberosus
  • Helianthus tuberosus
  • Helianthus tuberosus
  • Flower name
    Helianthus tuberosus
  • Scientific name
    Helianthus tuberosus
  • Aliasエルサレム・アーティチョーク, 菊芋
  • Place of originNorth America
  • Place of floweringFields and footpaths, Field
  • Flowering seasonSeptember, October

What is Helianthus tuberosus

Helianthus tuberosus (scientific name:Helianthus tuberosus) is a perennial plant in the family Asteraceae native to North America.
It makes yellow flowers bloom in the fall. Crawled away stems upright plant length 3 m. Looks like ginger rhizomes grow after the flowers form. Jerusalem artichoke that names the roots (rhizomes) are eaten like artichokes, a staple in the food difficulty age after World War II. Inulin fiber is the main ingredient in recent years showed the effectiveness of diabetes, obesity, high triglycerides, are in the spotlight.And flowering in July, earlier than the Jerusalem artichoke, Helianthus strumosus (dog-mowed Jerusalem artichoke, Helianthus strumosus L.) flower petal number and total bracts is less than the combined number of.

Common name: Jerusalem artichoke, scientific name:Helianthus tuberosus, aka:Jerusalem artichoke,
Origin: North America, height: 100-300 cm, with stalks and leaves: spine,
Petiole: lower part of the plant is opposite, upper part of the plant is alternative, leaf: aerobic, long oval, serrated, leaf blade length: 10-20 cm, leaf width: 8-15 cm petiole: wings with the inflorescence form: flower, Corolla: flowerheads and tube-shaped flowers to tip 5 crack, rays petals: 10-20, Flower color: yellow-flowering: September-October, flower size: 7-10 cm,
involucre shapes: domed, total bracts: three-lobed, Rhizome harvesting season: November-April, rhizome length: 10 cm, rhizome, Fruit Type: Emaciated, Fruit length: 0.7 cm, Usage: Rhizome (potato) is medicinal, Remarks: Insecticidal flower, Breeding method: Underground stem.


  • Order
    Asterales
  • Family
    Asteraceae
  • Genus
    Helianthus
  • Species
    H. tuberosus
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cephalic inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Multi-petaled
  • Leaf type
    ovoid
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeperennial plant
  • Flower colorsYellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height100.0 ~ 300.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower7.0 ~ 10.0 cm

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