Azorella polaris (Stilbocarpa polaris)

Family: Araliaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Stilbocarpa polaris is a PERENNIAL growing to 1.8 m (6ft). The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Shoots, Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

taste like wet blotting paper. — The long roots are saccharine and have been used by ship-wrecked sailors as sustenance for lengthened periods.; Leaf stems - cooked.; A celery flavour.; They taste like wet blotting paper.

Habitat & North American Range

Grows in the sub-Antarctic islands south of New Zealand. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)