Patagonicum Tropaeolum (Tropaeolum patagonicum)

Family: Tropaeolaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Tropaeolum patagonicum is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.2 m (0ft 6in). It is frost tender. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid and neutral soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist or wet soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Tuber - cooked. They are used like potatoes. — They are used like potatoes.

Habitat & North American Range

Mud or open wet grassland, especially in seasonally dry shallow lakes, between latitudes 42 and 54°south. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)