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Helianthus tuberosus

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Helianthus tuberosus

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Also known as sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple, lambchoke, topinambur, topinambour, Canadian sunflower, Jerusalem artichoke

species of sunflower native to eastern North America (for the root vegetable use Q55706475)

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Helianthus tuberosus, commonly known as Jerusalem artichoke or Topinambur, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. Classified within the order Asterales and class Magnoliopsida, it is a perennial useful plant described by L. The species produces achenes as its fruit type and has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2016.

The taxon range includes Beijing, Shanghai, and Fujian in China. It serves various purposes, including as a medicinal plant, vegetable, fiber source, and fodder. Records of the species are held by institutions such as BRIT, the University of Alberta Museums, USFWS, CAS, and CM, with occurrences documented in the United States, Canada, and China.

Synthesized by Vinony from 52 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Native toAlabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
Observations27,187
Observations recorded54,096

Common Name: topine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5,166
With media
4,030
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
BRIT, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, USFWS, CAS, CM, QUE
Recorded in
United States, Canada, China
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
perennial plant
Parent taxon
Helianthus
Image
Sunroot growing.jpg
Has use
fodder
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Helianthus tuberosus
Commons category
Helianthus tuberosus
Commons gallery
Helianthus tuberosus
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=27946
taxon common name
菊芋
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
has fruit type
achene
taxon range
Guangdong
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
short name
H. tuberosus
taxon author citation
L.
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Encyclopedic overview

The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also called sunroot, sunchoke, wild sunflower, topinambur, or earth apple, is a species of sunflower native to central North America. It is cultivated widely across the temperate zone for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable.

Description

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