Yellowray Goldfields (Lasthenia glabrata)

Family: Asteraceae or Compositae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Lasthenia glabrata is a ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). It is in flower from May to July. 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, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline soils.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Seed - raw or cooked. The seed can be parched and eaten dry or made into a powder and eaten dry or cooked like a porridge. — Seed - raw or cooked.; The seed can be parched and eaten dry or made into a powder and eaten dry or cooked like a porridge.

Habitat & North American Range

Heavy soils, vernal pools, low alkaline fields, hillsides etc, especially in grassland and alkaline marshes, to 1300 metres. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)