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oyster plant
(redirected from Tragopogon porrifolius)

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oyster plant, name for several plants, among them the salsify salsify, common name for a tall, narrow-leaved biennial (Tragopogon porrifolius) of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), native to S Europe but now naturalized and sometimes growing as a weed in North America.
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salsify

 or oyster plant or vegetable oyster

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Flower of goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis)
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Biennial herbaceous plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) of the composite family, native to the Mediterranean. The thick white taproot is cooked as a vegetable and tastes somewhat like oysters. The plant has purple flowers and narrow leaves whose bases usually clasp the stem. Goatsbeard, or meadow salsify (T. pratensis), is a weedy European species, naturalized in North America, that has a large yellow flower head. It is occasionally cultivated as an ornamental, and its leaves, flowers, and roots are sometimes eaten in salads.



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