Showing Food Black salsify
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| Name | Black salsify | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Scorzonera hispanica | ||||||||||
| Description | Scorzonera hispanica, 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 member of the genus Scorzonera in the sunflower family, cultivated as a root vegetable in the same way as salsify, also in the sunflower family. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00599 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Vegetables | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Root vegetables | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Asterales | ||||||||||
| Family | Asteraceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Scorzonera | ||||||||||
| Species | hispanica | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 505091 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Scorzonera hispanica | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008). — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||