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| name = ''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.
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.
==Species==
==Species==
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About 45 species, including:<br>
''[[Tragopogon coloratus]]''<br>
''[[Tragopogon crocifolius]]''<br>
''[[Tragopogon cupani]]''<br>
[[Western Salsify|''Tragopogon dubius'']]<br>
[[Woolly Goatsbeard|''Tragopogon floccosus'']]<br>
''[[Tragopogon gracilis]]''<br>
[[Ontario Goatsbeard|''Tragopogon mirabilis'']]<br>
[[Remarkable Goatsbeard|''Tragopogon mirus'']]<br>
[[Hybrid Goat's-beard|''Tragopogon miscellus'']]<br>
[[Purple Salsify|''Tragopogon porrifolius'']]<br>
[[Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon|''Tragopogon pratensis'']]<br>
[[Crantz's Salsify|''Tragopogon × crantzii'']]<br>
[[Newhybrid Salsify|''Tragopogon × neohybridus'']]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
