Native Carrot (Geranium potentilloides)

Family: Geraniaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Geranium potentilloides is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft). The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

tasteful. — Root - raw or cooked.; Carrot shaped, it is starchy but astringent and distasteful.; Probably only the younger less bitter roots are eaten.

Habitat & North American Range

Open forests, usually in damper places but not often in swamps. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)