name: Common Salsify

flavor_db_name_variants: common salsify

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Common salsify

id: 457

name_scientific: Tragopogon porrifolius

description: 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 or common salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Jerusalem star, goatsbeard or simply salsify (although these last two names are also applied to other species, as well).

itis_id: 38568

wikipedia_id: Tragopogon porrifolius

picture_file_name: 467.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 53712

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:37:42.000Z

legacy_id: 494

food_group: Vegetables

food_subgroup: Root vegetables

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:43.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:25.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 13731

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00457