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A '''salsify''', or '''goatsbeard''', is a [[flowering plant]] in the [[genus]] '''''Tragopogon'''''.  ''Tragopogon'' is in the family [[Asteraceae]] and has over 140 species, including the [[vegetable]] known as [[Tragopogon porrifolius|salsify]], as well as a number of common wild flowers, some of which are usually regarded as [[weed]]s.
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Salsifies are [[forb]]s growing as [[biennial plant|biennial]] or [[perennial plant]]s.  They have a strong taproot and milky [[Sap (plant)|sap]].  They generally have few branches, and those there are tend to be upright.  Their leaves are somewhat grass-like.  Flower colour varies within the genus, with some yellow species, and some bronze or purple.  Seeds are borne in a globe like that of a [[dandelion]] but larger, and are dispersed by the wind.
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The salsifies are natives of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]], but several species have been introduced into [[North America]] and [[Australia]] and have spread widely there. 
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Some of the more common species of ''Tragopogon'' are known, in the regions where they are most common, by the common names goat's beard, goatsbeard, salsify, or common salsify, without further qualification.  These names are therefore inherently ambiguous, and best avoided, or reserved for the genus collectively.  In the species list below, the first common name given is the one that seems to be most widely used for that species and is not in significant use for any other species.
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The vegetable called salsify is usually the root of [[purple salsify]], ''Tragopogon porrifolius''; the root is described as having the taste of [[oyster]]s (hence the alternative common name "oyster plant" for some species in this genus), but more  insipid with a touch of sweetness.  The young shoots of purple salsify can also be eaten, as well as young leaves[http://www.northernbushcraft.com/plants/salsify/notes.htm].  Other species are also used in the same way, including the black or [[Spanish salsify]], ''Scorzonera hispanica'', which is closely related though not a member of the genus ''Tragopogon''.
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Salsify (formerly sometimes spelled salsafy) is Tragopogon porrifolius, one of the Compositae. Fig. 3532. A garden esculent, grown for the fleshy root. This root has the flavor of oysters, hence the plant is sometimes called vegetable oyster and oyster plant.
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Salsify (formerly sometimes spelled salsafy) is Tragopogon porrifolius, one of the Compositae. A garden esculent, grown for the fleshy root. This root has the flavor of oysters, hence the plant is sometimes called vegetable oyster and oyster plant.
  
 
Salsify is perfectly hardy. The seeds (which are really fruits) are sown in early spring, about as soon as the soil can be prepared, in drills where the plants are to stand. The drills may be 2 to 3 feet apart, if tilled by light horse-tools, or half that distance if tilled only by hand. In the rows, the plants are thinned to stand 3 to 6 inches apart. The plant requires the entire season, in the North, in which to grow. The roots may be allowed to remain in the ground until spring, for freezing does not harm them. In fact, they are usually better for being left in the ground, because they do not shrivel and become tough as they often do in storage. If they are kept cool and moist in storage, however, the quality is as good as when the roots remain in the ground. At least a part of the crop should be stored, for the table or the market during winter and early spring.
 
Salsify is perfectly hardy. The seeds (which are really fruits) are sown in early spring, about as soon as the soil can be prepared, in drills where the plants are to stand. The drills may be 2 to 3 feet apart, if tilled by light horse-tools, or half that distance if tilled only by hand. In the rows, the plants are thinned to stand 3 to 6 inches apart. The plant requires the entire season, in the North, in which to grow. The roots may be allowed to remain in the ground until spring, for freezing does not harm them. In fact, they are usually better for being left in the ground, because they do not shrivel and become tough as they often do in storage. If they are kept cool and moist in storage, however, the quality is as good as when the roots remain in the ground. At least a part of the crop should be stored, for the table or the market during winter and early spring.
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==Species==
 
==Species==
 
About 45 species, including:<br>
 
About 45 species, including:<br>
''[[Tragopogon coloratus]]''<br>
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''[[Tragopogon crocifolius]]''<br>
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''[[Tragopogon cupani]]''<br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon acanthocarpus|''T. acanthocarpus'']]</font> <font size=1>Boiss</font><br>
[[Western Salsify|''Tragopogon dubius'']]<br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon afghanicus|''T. afghanicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Rech.f. & Köie</font><br>
[[Woolly Goatsbeard|''Tragopogon floccosus'']]<br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon agrostiphyllus|''T. agrostiphyllus'']]</font> <font size=1>Rech.f. & Köie</font><br>
''[[Tragopogon gracilis]]''<br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon alaicus|''T. alaicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Nikitin</font><br>
[[Ontario Goatsbeard|''Tragopogon mirabilis'']]<br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon albinerve|''T. albinerve'']]</font> <font size=1>Freyn & Sint.</font><br>
[[Remarkable Goatsbeard|''Tragopogon mirus'']]<br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon albomarginatus|''T. albomarginatus'']]</font> <font size=1>Kitam.</font><br>
[[Hybrid Goat's-beard|''Tragopogon miscellus'']]<br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon altaicus|''T. altaicus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin & Schischk.</font><br>
[[Purple Salsify|''Tragopogon porrifolius'']]<br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon angustissimus|''T. angustissimus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
[[Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon|''Tragopogon pratensis'']]<br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon armeniacus|''T. armeniacus'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
[[Crantz's Salsify|''Tragopogon × crantzii'']]<br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon artemczukii|''T. artemczukii'']]</font> <font size=1>Klokov</font><br>
[[Newhybrid Salsify|''Tragopogon × neohybridus'']]
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon aureus|''T. aureus'']]</font> <font size=1>Boiss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon badachschanicus|''T. badachschanicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Boriss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon bakhtiaricus|''T. bakhtiaricus'']]</font> <font size=1>Rech.f.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon balcanicus|''T. balcanicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Velen.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon barbirostris|''T. barbirostris'']]</font> <font size=1>Bisch.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon bjelorussicus|''T. bjelorussicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Artemczuk</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon bornmuelleri|''T. bornmuelleri'']]</font> <font size=1>G.B.Ownbey & Rech.f.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon capitatus|''T. capitatus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon castellanus|''T. castellanus'']]</font> <font size=1>Levier</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon cazorlanum|''T. cazorlanum'']]</font> <font size=1>C.Díaz & Blanca</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon charadzeae|''T. charadzeae'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon clavulatus|''T. clavulatus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon coelesyriacus|''T. coelesyriacus'']]</font> <font size=1>Boiss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon colchicus|''T. colchicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Albov ex Grossh.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon collinus|''T. collinus'']]</font> <font size=1>DC.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon coloratus|''T. coloratus'']]</font> <font size=1>C.A.Mey.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon conduplicatus|''T. conduplicatus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon cretaceus|''T. cretaceus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon crocifolius|''T. crocifolius'']]</font> <font size=1>L.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon cupani|''T. cupani'']]</font> <font size=1>Guss. ex DC.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon dasyrhynchus|''T. dasyrhynchus'']]</font> <font size=1>Artemczuk</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon dolichocarpus|''T. dolichocarpus'']]</font> <font size=1>Klokov</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon duarius|''T. duarius'']]</font> <font size=1>Chenev.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon dubianskyi|''T. dubianskyi'']]</font> <font size=1>Krasch. & S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon dubius|''T. dubius'']]</font> <font size=1>Scop.</font> <font size=2>- western salsify, western goat's beard, wild oysterplant, yellow salsify, yellow goat's beard, meadow goat's beard, goat's beard, goatsbeard, common salsify, salsify</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon elatior|''T. elatior'']]</font> <font size=1>Steven</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon elongatus|''T. elongatus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon erostris|''T. erostris'']]</font> <font size=1>Boiss. & Hausskn.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon fibrosum|''T. fibrosum'']]</font> <font size=1>Freyn & Sint. ex Freyn</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon filifolius|''T. filifolius'']]</font> <font size=1>Rehm. ex Boiss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon flexuosus|''T. flexuosus'']]</font> <font size=1>Sosn. ex Grossh.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon floccosus|''T. floccosus'']]</font> <font size=1>Waldst. & Kit.</font> <font size=2>- woolly goatsbeard</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon gaudanicus|''T. gaudanicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Boriss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon glabrum|''T. glabrum'']]</font> <font size=1>G.Nicholson</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon gongylorrhizus|''T. gongylorrhizus'']]</font> <font size=1>Rech.f.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon gracilis|''T. gracilis'']]</font> <font size=1>D.Don</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon graminifolius|''T. graminifolius'']]</font> <font size=1>DC.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon hayekii|''T. hayekii'']]</font> <font size=1>(Soó) I.Richardson</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon heteropappus|''T. heteropappus'']]</font> <font size=1>C.H.An</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon hortensis|''T. hortensis'']]</font> <font size=1>Focke</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon humilis|''T. humilis'']]</font> <font size=1>Fisch.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon hybridus|''T. hybridus'']]</font> <font size=1>L.</font> <font size=2>- pasture goatsbeard</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon idae|''T. idae'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon iranicus|''T. iranicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Rech.f.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon jesdianus|''T. jesdianus'']]</font> <font size=1>Boiss. & Buhse</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon karelinii|''T. karelinii'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon karjaginii|''T. karjaginii'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon kasahstanicus|''T. kasahstanicus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon kashmirianus|''T. kashmirianus'']]</font> <font size=1>G.Singh</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon kemulariae|''T. kemulariae'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon ketzkhovelii|''T. ketzkhovelii'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon khorasanicus|''T. khorasanicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Rech.f.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon kindingeri|''T. kindingeri'']]</font> <font size=1>Adamov</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon kopetdaghensis|''T. kopetdaghensis'']]</font> <font size=1>Boriss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon krascheninnikovii|''T. krascheninnikovii'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon kultiassovii|''T. kultiassovii'']]</font> <font size=1>Popov ex S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon kurdicus|''T. kurdicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Blakelock</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon kurdistanicus|''T. kurdistanicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Chrtek & Hadač</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon lassithicus|''T. lassithicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Rech.f.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon latifolius|''T. latifolius'']]</font> <font size=1>Boiss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon leiorhynchus|''T. leiorhynchus'']]</font> <font size=1>Klokov</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon leonidae|''T. leonidae'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon leucanthus|''T. leucanthus'']]</font> <font size=1>Rech.f.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon lamottei|''T. lamottei'']]</font> <font size=1>Rouy</font> <font size=2>- jack-go-to-bed-at-noon</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon makaschwilii|''T. makaschwilii'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon malikus|''T. malikus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon marginatus|''T. marginatus'']]</font> <font size=1>Pavlov</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon melanantherus|''T. melanantherus'']]</font> <font size=1>Klokov</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon meskheticus|''T. meskheticus'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon minor|''T. minor'']]</font> <font size=1>Mill.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon mirabilis|''T. mirabilis'']]</font> <font size=1>Rouy</font> <font size=2>- Ontario goatsbeard</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon mirus|''T. mirus'']]</font> <font size=1>G.B.Ownbey</font> <font size=2>- remarkable goatsbeard</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon miscellus|''T. miscellus'']]</font> <font size=1>G.B.Ownbey</font> <font size=2>- hybrid goat's-beard, Moscow salsify</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon moldavicus|''T. moldavicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Klokov</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon montanus|''T. montanus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon mutabilis|''T. mutabilis'']]</font> <font size=1>Jacq.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon nebrodensis|''T. nebrodensis'']]</font> <font size=1>Guss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon neglectum|''T. neglectum'']]</font> <font size=1>Hausskn.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon olympicus|''T. olympicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Boiss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon orientalis|''T. orientalis'']]</font> <font size=1>L.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon otschiaurii|''T. otschiaurii'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon paradoxus|''T. paradoxus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon parviflorus|''T. parviflorus'']]</font> <font size=1>Trev.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon perpusillus|''T. perpusillus'']]</font> <font size=1>Arv.-Touv.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon persicus|''T. persicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Boiss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon phaeus|''T. phaeus'']]</font> <font size=1>Focke</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon pichleri|''T. pichlerii'']]</font> <font size=1>Boiss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon porphyrocephalus|''T. porphyrocephalus'']]</font> <font size=1>Rech.f.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon porrifolius|''T. porrifolius'']]</font> <font size=1>L.</font> <font size=2>- salsify, purple salsify, oyster plant, common salsify, goatsbeard</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon praecox|''T. praecox'']]</font> <font size=1>Focke</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon pratensis|''T. pratensis'']]</font> <font size=1>L.</font> <font size=2>- jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, meadow salsify or goatsbeard</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon pseudocastellanus|''T. pseudocastellanus'']]</font> <font size=1>Blanca & C.Díaz</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon pseudomajus|''T. pseudomajus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon pterodes|''T. pterodes'']]</font> <font size=1>Pančić</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon pubescens|''T. pubescens'']]</font> <font size=1>Kit.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon pusillus|''T. pusillus'']]</font> <font size=1>M.Bieb.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon rechingeri|''T. rechingeri'']]</font> <font size=1>G.B.Ownbey</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon reticulatus|''T. reticulatus'']]</font> <font size=1>Boiss. & A.Huet</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon rezaiyensis|''T. rezaiyensis'']]</font> <font size=1>Rech.f.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon rhodanthus|''T. rhodanthus'']]</font> <font size=1>Sweet</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon ruber|''T. ruber'']]</font> <font size=1>S.G.Gmel.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon rumelicum|''T. rumelicum'']]</font> <font size=1>Velen.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon ruthenicus|''T. ruthenicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Besser ex Claus</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon sabulosus|''T. sabulosus'']]</font> <font size=1>Krasch. & S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon samaritani|''T. samaritani'']]</font> <font size=1>Heldr. & Sart.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon savranicus|''T. savranicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Sobko</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon scopoli|''T. scopoli'']]</font> <font size=1>Vill.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon segetus|''T. segetus'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon serawschanicus|''T. serawschanicus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon sibiricus|''T. sibiricus'']]</font> <font size=1>Ganesch.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon silesiacus|''T. silesiacus'']]</font> <font size=1>Krock.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon soltisiorum|''T. soltisiorum'']]</font> <font size=1>Mavrodiev</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon songoricus|''T. songoricus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon sosnowskyi|''T. sosnowskyi'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon stribrnyi|''T. stribrnyi'']]</font> <font size=1>Hayek</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon stroterocarpus|''T. stroterocarpus'']]</font> <font size=1>Rech.f.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon subacaulis|''T. subacaulis'']]</font> <font size=1>O.Schwarz</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon subalpinus|''T. subalpinus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon tanaiticus|''T. tanaiticus'']]</font> <font size=1>Artemczuk</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon tasch-kala|''T. tasch-kala'']]</font> <font size=1>Kuth.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon tauricus|''T. tauricus'']]</font> <font size=1>Klokov</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon tesquicola|''T. tesquicola'']]</font> <font size=1>Klokov</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon tomentosulus|''T. tomentosulus'']]</font> <font size=1>Boriss.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon tommasinii|''T. tommasinii'']]</font> <font size=1>Sch.Bip.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon trachycarpus|''T. trachycarpus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon transcarpaticus|''T. transcarpaticus'']]</font> <font size=1>Klokov</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon transsilvanicus|''T. transsilvanicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Hayek</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon turkestanicus|''T. turkestanicus'']]</font> <font size=1>S.A.Nikitin</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon ucrainicus|''T. ucrainicus'']]</font> <font size=1>Artemczuk</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon vaginatus|''T. vaginatus'']]</font> <font size=1>G.B.Ownbey & Rech.f.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon verrucosobracteatus|''T. verrucosobracteatus'']]</font> <font size=1>C.H.An</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon villosus|''T. villosus'']]</font> <font size=1>L.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon vulgaris|''T. vulgaris'']]</font> <font size=1>Gueldenst.</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon vvedenskyi|''T. vvedenskyi'']]</font> <font size=1>Popov</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon xanthantherus|''T. xanthantherus'']]</font> <font size=1>Klokov</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon × crantzii|''T. × crantzii'']]</font> <font size=1>Dichlt.</font> <font size=2>- Crantz's salsify</font><br>
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<font size=2>[[Tragopogon × neohybridus|''T. × neohybridus'']]</font> <font size=1>Farw.</font> <font size=2>- newhybrid salsify</font><br>
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Purple Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius


Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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A salsify, or goatsbeard, is a flowering plant in the genus Tragopogon. Tragopogon is in the family Asteraceae and has over 140 species, including the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers, some of which are usually regarded as weeds.

Salsifies are forbs growing as biennial or perennial plants. They have a strong taproot and milky sap. They generally have few branches, and those there are tend to be upright. Their leaves are somewhat grass-like. Flower colour varies within the genus, with some yellow species, and some bronze or purple. Seeds are borne in a globe like that of a dandelion but larger, and are dispersed by the wind.

The salsifies are natives of Europe and Asia, but several species have been introduced into North America and Australia and have spread widely there.

Some of the more common species of Tragopogon are known, in the regions where they are most common, by the common names goat's beard, goatsbeard, salsify, or common salsify, without further qualification. These names are therefore inherently ambiguous, and best avoided, or reserved for the genus collectively. In the species list below, the first common name given is the one that seems to be most widely used for that species and is not in significant use for any other species.

The vegetable called salsify is usually the root of 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 sweetness. The young shoots of purple salsify can also be eaten, as well as young leaves[1]. Other species are also used in the same way, including the black or Spanish salsify, Scorzonera hispanica, which is closely related though not a member of the genus Tragopogon.


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Salsify (formerly sometimes spelled salsafy) is Tragopogon porrifolius, one of the Compositae. A garden esculent, grown for the fleshy root. This root has the flavor of oysters, hence the plant is sometimes called vegetable oyster and oyster plant.

Salsify is perfectly hardy. The seeds (which are really fruits) are sown in early spring, about as soon as the soil can be prepared, in drills where the plants are to stand. The drills may be 2 to 3 feet apart, if tilled by light horse-tools, or half that distance if tilled only by hand. In the rows, the plants are thinned to stand 3 to 6 inches apart. The plant requires the entire season, in the North, in which to grow. The roots may be allowed to remain in the ground until spring, for freezing does not harm them. In fact, they are usually better for being left in the ground, because they do not shrivel and become tough as they often do in storage. If they are kept cool and moist in storage, however, the quality is as good as when the roots remain in the ground. At least a part of the crop should be stored, for the table or the market during winter and early spring.

The plant is biennial. The second spring, a strong stalk 2 to 3 feet tall is sent up from the crown of the root, and in spring or early summer an abundance of light purple flower-heads are produced. The flowers, or heads, close about noon. The leaves are long, linear, and grass-like. The roots are small, well-grown specimens being about 1 foot long and unbranched, and about 2 inches in diameter at the top. The skin is grayish white. Salsify is easy to grow, and it has no serious pests. It is a vegetable of secondary importance commercially, although it should be in every home-garden, particularly in the North, where it thrives best. Eight to ten pounds of seed is sown to the acre. There are few varieties, and these have no marked characteristics except in size. The Mammoth Sandwich Island and Improved French are probably the best varieties. Salsify is native to southern Europe. In some places it has escaped as a weed. See Tragopogon.

Black salsify is Scorzonera; Spanish salsify is Scolymus.


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Read about Salsify in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Tragopogon (Greek for goat's beard). Compositae. Goat's-beard. Erect biennial or perennial herbs with narrow grass-like leaves and heads of yellow or purple flowers, belonging to the ligulate section of the composite family (tribe Cichoriaceae).

Mostly weedy plants with a tap-root: florets perfect, with slender style-branches and sagittate anthers; pappus composed of bristles in a single series; involucre cylindric or nearly so, with approximately equal-length bracts in a single row.—Between 30 and 40 species, native to S. Eu., N. Afr., and Cent. and S. Asia. One of them is cult. for its edible taproot (salsify) and another is now a frequent weed in thus country. The fls. of these open only in the morning.


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Species

About 45 species, including:

T. acanthocarpus Boiss
T. afghanicus Rech.f. & Köie
T. agrostiphyllus Rech.f. & Köie
T. alaicus Nikitin
T. albinerve Freyn & Sint.
T. albomarginatus Kitam.
T. altaicus S.A.Nikitin & Schischk.
T. angustissimus S.A.Nikitin
T. armeniacus Kuth.
T. artemczukii Klokov
T. aureus Boiss.
T. badachschanicus Boriss.
T. bakhtiaricus Rech.f.
T. balcanicus Velen.
T. barbirostris Bisch.
T. bjelorussicus Artemczuk
T. bornmuelleri G.B.Ownbey & Rech.f.
T. capitatus S.A.Nikitin
T. castellanus Levier
T. cazorlanum C.Díaz & Blanca
T. charadzeae Kuth.
T. clavulatus S.A.Nikitin
T. coelesyriacus Boiss.
T. colchicus Albov ex Grossh.
T. collinus DC.
T. coloratus C.A.Mey.
T. conduplicatus S.A.Nikitin
T. cretaceus S.A.Nikitin
T. crocifolius L.
T. cupani Guss. ex DC.
T. dasyrhynchus Artemczuk
T. dolichocarpus Klokov
T. duarius Chenev.
T. dubianskyi Krasch. & S.A.Nikitin
T. dubius Scop. - western salsify, western goat's beard, wild oysterplant, yellow salsify, yellow goat's beard, meadow goat's beard, goat's beard, goatsbeard, common salsify, salsify
T. elatior Steven
T. elongatus S.A.Nikitin
T. erostris Boiss. & Hausskn.
T. fibrosum Freyn & Sint. ex Freyn
T. filifolius Rehm. ex Boiss.
T. flexuosus Sosn. ex Grossh.
T. floccosus Waldst. & Kit. - woolly goatsbeard
T. gaudanicus Boriss.
T. glabrum G.Nicholson
T. gongylorrhizus Rech.f.
T. gracilis D.Don
T. graminifolius DC.
T. hayekii (Soó) I.Richardson
T. heteropappus C.H.An
T. hortensis Focke
T. humilis Fisch.
T. hybridus L. - pasture goatsbeard
T. idae Kuth.
T. iranicus Rech.f.
T. jesdianus Boiss. & Buhse
T. karelinii S.A.Nikitin
T. karjaginii Kuth.
T. kasahstanicus S.A.Nikitin
T. kashmirianus G.Singh
T. kemulariae Kuth.
T. ketzkhovelii Kuth.
T. khorasanicus Rech.f.
T. kindingeri Adamov
T. kopetdaghensis Boriss.
T. krascheninnikovii S.A.Nikitin
T. kultiassovii Popov ex S.A.Nikitin
T. kurdicus Blakelock
T. kurdistanicus Chrtek & Hadač
T. lassithicus Rech.f.
T. latifolius Boiss.
T. leiorhynchus Klokov
T. leonidae Kuth.
T. leucanthus Rech.f.
T. lamottei Rouy - jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
T. makaschwilii Kuth.
T. malikus S.A.Nikitin

 

T. marginatus Pavlov
T. melanantherus Klokov
T. meskheticus Kuth.
T. minor Mill.
T. mirabilis Rouy - Ontario goatsbeard
T. mirus G.B.Ownbey - remarkable goatsbeard
T. miscellus G.B.Ownbey - hybrid goat's-beard, Moscow salsify
T. moldavicus Klokov
T. montanus S.A.Nikitin
T. mutabilis Jacq.
T. nebrodensis Guss.
T. neglectum Hausskn.
T. olympicus Boiss.
T. orientalis L.
T. otschiaurii Kuth.
T. paradoxus S.A.Nikitin
T. parviflorus Trev.
T. perpusillus Arv.-Touv.
T. persicus Boiss.
T. phaeus Focke
T. pichlerii Boiss.
T. porphyrocephalus Rech.f.
T. porrifolius L. - salsify, purple salsify, oyster plant, common salsify, goatsbeard
T. praecox Focke
T. pratensis L. - jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, meadow salsify or goatsbeard
T. pseudocastellanus Blanca & C.Díaz
T. pseudomajus S.A.Nikitin
T. pterodes Pančić
T. pubescens Kit.
T. pusillus M.Bieb.
T. rechingeri G.B.Ownbey
T. reticulatus Boiss. & A.Huet
T. rezaiyensis Rech.f.
T. rhodanthus Sweet
T. ruber S.G.Gmel.
T. rumelicum Velen.
T. ruthenicus Besser ex Claus
T. sabulosus Krasch. & S.A.Nikitin
T. samaritani Heldr. & Sart.
T. savranicus Sobko
T. scopoli Vill.
T. segetus Kuth.
T. serawschanicus S.A.Nikitin
T. sibiricus Ganesch.
T. silesiacus Krock.
T. soltisiorum Mavrodiev
T. songoricus S.A.Nikitin
T. sosnowskyi Kuth.
T. stribrnyi Hayek
T. stroterocarpus Rech.f.
T. subacaulis O.Schwarz
T. subalpinus S.A.Nikitin
T. tanaiticus Artemczuk
T. tasch-kala Kuth.
T. tauricus Klokov
T. tesquicola Klokov
T. tomentosulus Boriss.
T. tommasinii Sch.Bip.
T. trachycarpus S.A.Nikitin
T. transcarpaticus Klokov
T. transsilvanicus Hayek
T. turkestanicus S.A.Nikitin
T. ucrainicus Artemczuk
T. vaginatus G.B.Ownbey & Rech.f.
T. verrucosobracteatus C.H.An
T. villosus L.
T. vulgaris Gueldenst.
T. vvedenskyi Popov
T. xanthantherus Klokov
T. × crantzii Dichlt. - Crantz's salsify
    [ dubius × pratensis ]
T. × neohybridus Farw. - newhybrid salsify
    [ porrifolius × pratensis ]

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