[Wikipedia] Cultivation for Oil, Susceptible to Fungus: This grassland wildflower is also under small-scale cultivation. It is the source of meadowfoam seed oil and The fruit of the plant, a nutlet, is 20 to 30% oil.[1] The oil is one of the most stable vegetable oils known and can be converted to waxes and lubricants, similar to whale oil.[1] White meadowfoam is very susceptible to the Botrytis cinerea fungus; commercial crops were devastated during the 1982 and 1984 growing seasons. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)