CAT-00082
Youlk
Platysace deflexa
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Platysace
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Root / tuber
- Latin name
- Platysace deflexa
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Youlk
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/plants/vegetable-plants/; https://tuckerbush.com.au/youlk-platysace-deflexa/; https://aff.org.au/wp-content/uploads/RIRDC_09-161.pdf Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗ Open source 3 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00082
- Mature width
- 1m
- Native range
- Southwestern WA, especially the southern wheatbelt.
- Plant family
- Apiaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 0.4m
- Native states
- WA
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use source; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Dry fruits follow flowers; tuber harvest is separate.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Tuberous roots
- Flowering season
- Species-specific period not yet confirmed.
- Brief description
- Low perennial shrub forming edible underground tubers.
- Drought tolerance
- High survival tolerance; water improves tuber growth.
- Preparation notes
- Use correctly identified tuberous roots, commonly cooked or roasted; confirm harvest stage.
- Flower description
- Small white to cream flowers in umbrella-like clusters.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Trial raised freely draining soil; adapted to WA seasonal patterns.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Small dry fruits; tuberous roots are the food crop.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded