This plant is grown wild in southern Europe and cultivated in the United States, primarily in California. Of the family Asteraceae, this table vegetable grows up to one meter high, and the plant's leaves are long, and somewhat spiny. The immature flower is harvested for eating, with the fleshy bases of the scales and the heart of the plant being the "most desirable" portio
This plant is grown wild in southern Europe and cultivated in the United States, primarily in California. Of the family Asteraceae, this table vegetable grows up to one meter high, and the plant's leaves are long, and somewhat spiny. The immature flower is harvested for eating, with the fleshy bases of the scales and the heart of the plant being the "most desirable" portions.
This plant is grown wild in southern Europe and cultivated in the United States, primarily in California.
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