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It also grows wild in many places and is one of the most widely known species of the salsify genus, Tragopogon. It is commonly known as purple or common salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Jerusalem star, [3] Jack go to bed, [4] goatsbeard, [5] or simply salsify (although these last two names are also applied to other species).
Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, commonly known as black salsify or Spanish salsify, also known as black oyster plant, serpent root, viper's herb, viper's grass or simply scorzonera, is a perennial species of plant in the sunflower family (), cultivated as a root vegetable in the same way as purple salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius), also in the sunflower family. [1]
Because western salsify is a widespread plant, it has a large number of alternative common names. They include western goat's beard, wild oysterplant, yellow salsify, yellow goat's beard, meadow goat's beard, goat's beard, goatsbeard, common salsify, or salsify. Some of these are also, or more commonly, used for other species, and are better ...
The vegetable called salsify is usually the root of the purple salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius; the root is described as having the taste of oysters (hence the alternative common name "oyster plant" for some species in this genus), but more insipid with a touch of
Scorzonera judaica, commonly called Jordanian viper's grass, [1] Judean viper's grass, [1] or what was earlier known as salsify, [5] is a species of geophyte of the family Asteraceae. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean as far as Afghanistan .
Salsify may refer to: Tragopogon, a plant genus; Tragopogon porrifolius (purple/common salsify), a plant with linear leaves cultivated for its light-skinned edible root and herbal properties; Pseudopodospermum hispanicum (black salsify), a plant with lanceolate leaves cultivated for its dark-skinned edible root
Tragopogon pratensis (common names Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, [1] meadow salsify, showy goat's-beard or meadow goat's-beard) is a biennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It flowers between June and October. It is distributed across Europe and North America, commonly growing in fields. The root and buds are edible, and it has a milky latex.
Tragopogon miscellus, the Moscow salsify, [1] is a species native to the States of Washington and Idaho. Intensive studies over the course of many years have demonstrated that it originated as an allopolyploid hybrid between T. dubius and T. pratensis , both of which are European species naturalized in the US.