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Descurainia antarctica
 

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Herb latin name: Descurainia antarctica

Family: Cruciferae

Edible parts of Descurainia antarctica:

Seed - raw or cooked. It can be ground into a meal and used with cereal powders in making bread etc.

Description of the plant:

Habitat of the herb:

Sand and gravel beaches, sandstone cliffs, saline flats in Lepidophyllum scrub to 20 metres above sea-level and north to latitude 40° 30' south.

Propagation of Descurainia antarctica:

Seed - sow spring in situ.

Cultivation of the herb:

Sand and gravel beaches, sandstone cliffs, saline flats in Lepidophyllum scrub to 20 metres above sea-level and north to latitude 40° 30' south.

Medicinal use of Descurainia antarctica:

None known

Known hazards of Descurainia antarctica:

None known

Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future.