This adaptable vine produces an edible tuber. The purple flowers are pretty in the summer and produces pods in the fall.
Colour: Purple
Blooms: June-August
Height (cm): 10-30
Sun: Half
Soil: Loam
Moisture: Medium
Other traits: Herbal, Edible, American Ground Nut has edible roots or tubers can be boiled or roasted like potatoes. People say they taste like potatoes and a little like turnip. The "nuts" can also be ground into a flour. Native people introduced these to early settlers which kept them alive through the harsh winters. The seeds of the Ground Nut vine can also be eaten. Caution must always be taken to correctly identify as there are several similar looking plants which are poisonous.
