Sowing months
Nov–Dec
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Light and infrequent
Mature size
20–40 cm
First harvest
Seed at 110 days
Family
Plantaginaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food, healing
Sow in
winter
Care
Dry soil and a dry harvest; rain at seeding spoils the crop.
A slight winter annual of dry western fields, grown for the husk of its seed.
Growing it
Dry soil and a dry harvest; rain at seeding spoils the crop.
What it is for
Household fibre supplement by tradition; easy field-scale crop.