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 salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, common salsify, goatsbeard, or salsify (although these last two names are also applied to other species, as well).
T. porrifolius is a common biennial wildflo...
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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 salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, common salsify, goatsbeard, or salsify (although these last two names are also applied to other species, as well).
T. porrifolius is a common biennial wildflower, native to Mediterranean regions of Europe but introduced elsewhere, for example, into Great Britain, (mainly in the south) and northern Europe, North America, and southern Africa; in the United States it is now found growing wild in almost every state, including Hawaii, except in the extreme south-east.
The plant grows to around 120cm in height. . As with other Tragopogons, its stem is largely unbranched, and the leaves are somewhat grasslike. It excudes a milky juice from the stems.
In Britain it flowers from June to September, but in...
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