Chilean tarweed

3.95$

±60 seeds

Description

Chilean tarweed
Madia sativa

Annual. 20 cm to 1 meter high. Plant covered with a sticky resin that gives off a strong odor. Cultivated for its oil seeds. Makes a quality edible oil, also used in soap making. It is a fodder plant appreciated by sheep. Yellow flower. Indigenous to North and South America.

Full sun to part shade. Well drained soil. Sow directly outside after the last frost or 2 to 4 weeks before. 6 mm deep. 30 cm between plants.

Germination: 80% in November 2023
Ecological seeds produced at Catherine’s Ornamental Garden.

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