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Asteraceae
Smallanthus sonchifolius
Smallanthus sonchifolius
Also known as Polymnia sonchifolia, Polymnia edulis, Silphium edule
Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Yacon · Edible Tuber · Medicinal · Andean · Prebiotic · Asteraceae · Root Vegetable · Perennial · Superfood · Smallanthus
Yacón is a vigorous Andean perennial grown primarily for its sweet, crisp edible tubers and used medicinally for blood sugar management. Plant in well-draining, fertile soil in a sunny to partly shaded spot and water consistently throughout the growing season. Harvest tubers in autumn after foliage dies back, and store divisions to replant the following year.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist to a depth of several inches, allow the top inch to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -30°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Bolivia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hainan, Peru, Taiwan
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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