Hoffmannseggia erecta
Phil.
Fabaceae
Hoffmannseggia falcaria andicola Hook. & Arn.
Hoffmannseggia nana Chodat & Wilczek
Hoffmannseggia patagonica Speg.
Common Name:
General Information
Hoffmannseggia erecta is a low-growing perennial plant producing a cluster of stems from a woody rootstoc, it grows around 4 - 25cm tall[
1494- Title
- Sinopsis de Caesalpinia y Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) de Sudamérica
- Publication
- Darwinia 34(1-4); 299-348, 1996
- Author
- Ulibarri E.A.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1996
- ISBN
- 0011-6793
- Description
-
].
The plant is harvested fom the wild for local use as a food.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
1494- Title
- Sinopsis de Caesalpinia y Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) de Sudamérica
- Publication
- Darwinia 34(1-4); 299-348, 1996
- Author
- Ulibarri E.A.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1996
- ISBN
- 0011-6793
- Description
-
Range
S. America,- Chile, Argentina
Habitat
Dry, sandy or stony soils; at elevations from 140 - 3,200 metres in Argentina.
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Height | 0.20 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Hoffmannseggia erecta is a plant of warm temperate to subtropical regions of Argentina and Chile growing in a subarid climate.
Edible Uses
An unrecorded plant part of this plant is reportedly eaten after being gathered from the wild in Patagonian Argentina[
1438- Title
- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
- Publication
-
- Author
- Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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