Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Mystery plant

Can anyone identify this plant? It was given to me but the name is unknown. Looks like a subtropical plant to me.

It apparently has edible roots/tubers.

The leaves are big and slightly 'woolly' and are on the end of 'sticks' which are about 1m high.

Any ideas?

2 comments:

  1. Has it had any flowers yet and if so were they yellow like big daisys? If so it could be a Jerusalem artichoke which is a tuber. They do spread like crazy and I think you have to wait until it's flowered and started to die back before you dig them up. But I could be totally wrong....
    Good luck.
    Jan

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  2. Hi Jan
    Have not had it long enough to see any flowers, but looking a photos of Jerusalem artichoke leaves I don't think it's that. Thanks for the suggestion.
    I'm picking it's some sort of subtropical plant, maybe from one of the Pacific Islands..?

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