Jerusalem artichoke
Photo and story by Russ Grayson
Common name: Jerusalem artichoke (less common in Australia: sunroot, sunchoke — a commercial name dating from the 1900s).
Botanic name: Helianthus tuberosus
Plant family: Asteraceae
(so named because flowers radiate from a central point to make a star-like shape. ‘Aster’ is Latin for ‘star’).
Centre of diversity: North America.
Uses: Food.
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