Herb latin name: Aegilops speltoides


Family: Gramineae (Grass Family)



Edible parts of Aegilops speltoides:

Seed - cooked. Small and very fiddly to harvest and clean. An emergency food, it is normally used as a cereal substitute for making bread etc.

Description of the plant:



Plant:
Annual


Height:
60 cm
(2 feet)

Flowering:
July to
August

Habitat of the herb:

Dry acid grassland, oak scrub, plains, rocky limestone hills, fallow fields and edges of cornfields, 100 - 1200 metres in Turkey.

Propagation of Aegilops speltoides:

Seed - sow March/April in situ and only just cover the seed. Make sure the soil does not dry out before the plants germinate. Seed can also be sown early March in a greenhouse and planted out in May.

Cultivation of the herb:

Dry acid grassland, oak scrub, plains, rocky limestone hills, fallow fields and edges of cornfields, 100 - 1200 metres in Turkey.

Medicinal use of Aegilops speltoides:

None known

Known hazards of Aegilops speltoides:

None known

Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future.