Spelt Wheat (Triticum aestivum spelta)

Family: Poaceae or Gramineae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Triticum aestivum spelta is a ANNUAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in). 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

delicious nutty flavour. — It is usually ground into a flour and used as a cereal for making bread, biscuits etc.; Pasta made from this grain has a delicious nutty flavour.; The seed retains its glumes when threshed.

Habitat & North American Range

Developed through cultivation, it is not known in a truly wild location. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)