Sesame Grass (Tripsacum dactyloides)

Family: Poaceae or Gramineae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early fall, Mid fall. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Seed - cooked or ground into a flour. The popped seed is almost indistinguishable from strawberry popcorn. Seeds contain about 27% protein, this is about 3 times the protein found in corn and twice that of wheat. — Seed - cooked or ground into a flour.; The popped seed is almost indistinguishable from strawberry popcorn.; Seeds contain about 27% protein, this is about 3 times the protein found in corn and twice that of wheat.; It is also about twice as high in the amino acid methionine as corn.

Habitat & North American Range

Swales, moist fields, woodland edges and shores. Water courses and limestone outcrops. (Zone 7)