Descurainia antarctica
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Exposure
- Full sun
Cultivation
We have very little information on this species but it should succeed as a spring-sown annual in Britain. See the plants native habitat for ideas on its cultivation needs.
Propagation
Seed - sow spring in situ.
Edible uses
Seed - raw or cooked. It can be ground into a meal and used with cereal powders in making bread etc.
Habitat
Sand and gravel beaches, sandstone cliffs, saline flats in Lepidophyllum scrub to 20 metres above sea-level and north to latitude 40° 30' south.
Native range
Southern S. America.