Table 2.

Dry matter (% w/w) and the content of crude protein (g/kg of FM) in 12 species of edible flowers, n = 10.

Species	Dry matter	Crude protein
Antirrhinum majus	12.61 ± 0.11 a	4.85 ± 0.27 a
Begonia boliviensis	14.20 ± 0.23 b	2.78 ± 0.35 b
Centaurea cyanus	9.74 ± 0.20 c	6.73 ± 0.28 c
Chrysanthemum frutescens	9.57 ± 0.16 c	6.85 ± 0.45 c
Chrysanthemum parthenium	9.86 ± 0.35 c	6.77 ± 0.26 c
Dianthus caryophyllus	11.55 ± 0.18 d	6.89 ± 0.44 c
Fuchsia x hybrida	8.37 ± 0.31 e	2.41 ± 0.31 b
Impatiens walleriana	14.75 ± 0.44 b	4.60 ± 0.32 a
Rosa odorata	10.09 ± 0.23 c	2.66 ± 0.30 b
Tagetes patula	9.68 ± 0.34 c	2.95 ± 0.38 b
Tropaeolum majus	11.27 ± 0.28 d	4.74 ± 0.19 a
Viola x wittrockiana	10.01 ± 0.30 c	6.70 ± 0.21 c

Different superscripts in each column indicate the significant differences in the mean at p < 0.05.