Club Wheat

Triticum aestivum compactum

Physical Characteristics

Triticum aestivum compactum is a ANNUAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft). It is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to July, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Wind. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.

Distribution

The origin is uncertain.

Habitats

Cultivated Beds;

Edible Uses

Edible Parts: Seed Edible Uses: Seed - cooked[46, 57, 105]. It is usually ground into a flour and used as a cereal. Used in making bread, starchy breakfast foods, crackers etc[183], though the seed is low in gluten and so any bread will not rise that well[61, 171].

Medicinal Uses

None known

Known Hazards

None known