Club Wheat (Triticum aestivum compactum)

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

Triticum aestivum compactum is a ANNUAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft). It is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to July, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Wind. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Seed - cooked. It is usually ground into a flour and used as a cereal. Used in making bread, starchy breakfast foods, crackers etc, though the seed is low in gluten and so any bread will not rise that well. — It is usually ground into a flour and used as a cereal.; Used in making bread, starchy breakfast foods, crackers etc, though the seed is low in gluten and so any bread will not rise that well.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known in a truly wild situation. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)