| Scientific Name: | Helianthus tuberosus |
| Common Name: | Jerusalem artichoke |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Herb, Perennial border, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Oblong, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), Yellow, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Black, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, most blades broadly ovoid, and expand to 12-20(-30)cm long x 8-12cm wide on the lower stem, margin coarsely serrate, rough texture, pubescent; flowers heads yellow, 5-10cm wide, with 8-20(-40) ray florets. | |