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Flower of yacón. close up details. #254262308
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yacón is commonly called jÃÂcama in Ecuador. Yacón, in contrast, is a close relative of the sunflower and Jerusalem artichoke. Yacón plants produce small, inconspicuous flowers at the end of the growing season. The yellow to orange colored flower head is a pseudanthium (i.e. one apparent flower head is in reality composed of several florets). Each flower head is bisexual, uniting female and male florets in one pseudanthium.