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Hemizonia fascicuata

Common name:		Family:	Compositae
Author:	(DC.)Torr.&A.Gray.	Botanical references:
Synonyms:
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	South-western N. America.
Habitat:	Dry coastal plains to 300 metres in California[71].
Edibility Rating (1-5):	1	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	0

Other Possible Synonyms:	From various places across the web, may not be correct. See below.
	H. fasciculata[B,C,CAL,P] H. ramosissima[B,P]
Other Common Names:	From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
	Clustered Tarweed [P,B],
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Asterales. Renamed to Asteraceae -- Aster family

Physical Characteristics

Perennial growing to 0.9m. . The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). We rate it 1/5 for edibility and 0/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires moist soil.

Edible Uses

Plant - boiled[105]. A famine food, only used when other foods are not available[161].

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

None known

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

257260

Propagation

Seed -

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Web References

References for Hemizonia fasciculata (a possible synonym).

[B] Data (Latin & Common names, other references) from the BONAP's Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
[C] Taxon data. from the CalFlora database.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.

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References

[71] Munz. A California Flora. University of California Press 1959
An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader.

[105] Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976
The most comprehensive guide to edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.

[161] Yanovsky. E. Food Plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237. U.S. Depf of Agriculture.
A comprehensive but very terse guide. Not for the casual reader.

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