Antarctica Descurainia (Descurainia antarctica)

Family: Brassicaceae or Cruciferae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Descurainia antarctica is a ANNUAL growing to 0.1 m (0ft 3in). The seeds ripen from August to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). The plant is self-fertile. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils and can grow in saline soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Seed - raw or cooked. It can be ground into a meal and used with cereal powders in making bread etc. — Seed - raw or cooked.; It can be ground into a meal and used with cereal powders in making bread etc.

Habitat & North American Range

Sand and gravel beaches, sandstone cliffs, saline flats in Lepidophyllum scrub to 20 metres above sea-level and north to latitude 40° 30' south. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)