Hardy Gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi)

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

Bloom Color: Pink. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late spring. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Shoots

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Leaves and young shoots - cooked. A famine food, it is only used when all else fails. Some caution is advised, see the notes above on toxicity. — Leaves and young shoots - cooked.; A famine food, it is only used when all else fails.; Some caution is advised, see the notes above on toxicity.

Habitat & North American Range

Grassy places and scrub around 2000 metres. Pastures and open grassland, 2400 - 3500 metres, but it is now uncommon in its native range. (Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)