Back Helianthus tuberosus AN دوار الشمس الدرني Arabic دوار الشمس الدرنى ARZ Helianthus tuberosus AST ГӀачӀан AV شلقم AZB Тапінамбур Byelorussian Тапінамбур BE-X-OLD Земна ябълка Bulgarian Nyàmera Catalan
| Jerusalem artichoke | |
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| Stem with flowers | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Helianthus |
| Species: | H. tuberosus
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| Helianthus tuberosus | |
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The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also called sunroot, sunchoke, wild sunflower,[2] topinambur,[2] or earth apple, is a species of sunflower native to central North America.[3][4] It is cultivated widely across the temperate zone for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable.[5]
- ^ The Plant List, Helianthus tuberosus L.
- ^ a b Szewczyk, Aleksandra; Zagaja, Mirosław; Bryda, Jarosław; Kosikowska, Urszula; Stępień-Pyśniak, Dagmara; Winiarczyk, Stanisław; Andres-Mach, Marta (22 March 2019). "Topinambur - new possibilities for use in a supplementation diet". Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine. 26 (1): 24–28. doi:10.26444/aaem/102767. ISSN 1898-2263. PMID 30922024.
- ^ "Helianthus tuberosus". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Helianthus tuberosus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ Purdue University Center for New Crops & Plants Products: Helianthus tuberosus