Polypsecadium magellanicum

(Juss. ex Pers.) Al-Shehbaz

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds

The seeds are eaten.

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,100 m above sea level.

Argentina, Chile, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A cabbage family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30-100 cm tall.

There are about 80 Sisymbrium species.

Names & Synonyms

Sisymbrium magellanicum (Juss. ex Pers.) Hook.f.and others

References (1)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 1328 (As Sisymbrium magellanicum)