Characteristics
A bulb or root crop plant. It grows 10 cm high. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are in rings. The leaves are lobed.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
evergreen
|
| Sexuality |
monoecy
|
| Pollination |
entomogamy
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
0.25
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a Mediterranean plant. It grows in sand. It grows in dry rocky places. In Lebanon it grows in fields and in waste places in the highlands. It grows in hardiness zone 8 and above.
| Light |
|
| Soil humidity |
|
| Soil texture |
|
| Soil acidity |
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| Soil nutriment |
-
|
| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The leaves are eaten raw in salads. The fresh or dried leaves are used in cooking. They are used in lamb stew. The root is cooked and eaten. Caution: Plants in this family can contain oxalates.
Cultivation
Can be grown by seedlings.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
20
|
| Germination luminosity |
light
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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