Showing Food Common salsify
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| Name | Common salsify | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Tragopogon porrifolius | ||||||||||
| Description | Tragopogon porrifolius is a plant cultivated for its ornamental flower, edible root, and herbal properties. 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, goatsbeard or simply salsify (although these last two names are also applied to other species, as well). | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00457 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Vegetables | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Root vegetables | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy | |||||||||||
| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Asterales | ||||||||||
| Family | Asteraceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Tragopogon | ||||||||||
| Species | porrifolius | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 38568 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Tragopogon porrifolius | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004). — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||