Artichoke economically important genes from related species. Rezazadeh, A., Ghasemnezhad, A., Barani, M., & Telmadarrehei, T. (2012). Effect of Salinity on Phenolic Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) Leaves. Research Journal of Medicinal Plant, 6(3). Artichoke The globe artichoke ("Cynara cardunculus" var. "scolymus") is a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as a food. The edible portion of the plant consists of the flower buds before the flowers come into bloom. The budding artichoke flower-head is a cluster of many budding small flowers (an inflorescence), together with many bracts, on an edible base. Once the buds bloom,
Jerusalem artichoke Jerusalem artichoke The Sunchoke ("Helianthus tuberosus"), also called sunroot, sunflower potato, earth apple is a species of sunflower native to eastern North America, and found from eastern Canada and Maine west to North Dakota, and south to northern Florida and Texas. The sunchoke has no relationship to Jerusalem, and it is not a type of artichoke. It is cultivated widely across the temperate zone for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable. "Helianthus tuberosus" is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to tall with opposite leaves on the upper part of the stem but alternate below. The leaves have