Reverse Information: JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE (Helianthus tuberosus) - Uses: Potato salad, pickle. One of the best of the wild flower plants, the fresh tubers can be substituted for potatoes; after light cooking, they can also be sliced and added to salads, or parboiled briefly and pickled in wine vinegar. In a stir-fry, they stay crisp, rather like water-chestnuts. Located while still in flower, Jerusalem Artichoke tubers are abundant and easy to gather during fall and winter whenever the ground is unfrozen. Flowers: August-October. Habitat: Waste ground, damp thickets, fields, locally abundant.