Jerusalem Artichoke
date: label: Collection Date
content: 2013
name: label: Collector
content: N. Erwin
label: Discipline
content: Botany
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: These are 2-dimensional mounted specimens of a Jerusalem Artichoke plant. Despite its name, this plant is a sunflower. The stem is 0.1-0.5 cm wide. The leaves are green and ovate with slightly serrated edges and a pointed tip. The leaves measure 10-25 cm long. The flowers have yellow petals which measure 3.5-4cm long.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Aug 2022
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Helianthus tuberosus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO401391
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae, Equisetopsida, Magnoliidae, Asteranae, Asterales, Asteraceae