Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Annual |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Leaves: | Broadleaf |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Fall |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Uses: | Vegetable |
Edible Parts: | Roots |
Eating Methods: | Cooked |
Dynamic Accumulator: | P (Phosphorus) Ca (Calcium) S (Sulfur) Mn (Manganese) Zn (Zinc) Cu (Copper) |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Days to germinate: 10 to 21 |
Pollinators: | Self Bees |
Parentage: | Dates back to 1800s Vertus, a city in Northeast France. It is commonly called just Vertus Marteau. |
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