Pseudopodospermum hispanicum

Pseudopodospermum hispanicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Pseudopodospermum
Species:
P. hispanicum
Binomial name
Pseudopodospermum hispanicum
(L.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
Synonyms
  • Myscolus hispanicus (L.) Endl.
  • Scorzonera hispanica L.
  • Scorzonera hispanica var. genuina Pau

Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, commonly known as 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 species of plant in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), cultivated as a root vegetable in the same way as purple salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius), also in the sunflower family.[1] It is native to Southern Europe and cultivated as a crop in Southern and Central Europe.[2] It grows on nutrient poor soils, dry pasture, rocky areas, in thickets and on limy or marly soils of temperate zones.[3]

  1. ^ Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
  2. ^ Granica, Sebastian (2015). "Qualitative and quantitative analyses of secondary metabolites in aerial and subaerial of Scorzonera hispanica L. (black salsify". Food Chemistry. 173: 321–331. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.10.006. PMID 25466029.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bermejo, Neglected Crops was invoked but never defined (see the help page).