looking for skirret and earthnut pea

!potatoes! · Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:33 am

two oddballs of the perennial vegetable scene. I have lots of stuff for possible trade; too much to list right now, actually. can you help me? let me know, we'll talk (or type).

cynthia_h · Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:21 am

"Skirret" is another word for parsnips. Not sure about earthnut peas, though; sorry!

Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9

!potatoes! · Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:08 am

ah, but the skirret I refer to is the one whose name parsnips are borrowing, Sium sisarum, known as suikerwortel in the dutch. related to but different than parsnips. same family.

earthnut pea is Lathyrus tuberosus, a tuber-producing legume.

thanks for the incitement to be more specific, cynthia!

have found some of each available for purchase in a couple places online, but thought I'd cast the net here, first. they seem to be relatively uncommon perennials in the states, I am seeing.