name: Black Salsify

flavor_db_name_variants: black salsify

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Black salsify

id: 599

name_scientific: Scorzonera hispanica

description: Scorzonera hispanica, 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 member of the genus Scorzonera in the sunflower family, cultivated as a root vegetable in the same way as salsify, also in the sunflower family.

itis_id: 505091

wikipedia_id: Scorzonera hispanica

picture_file_name: 613.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 53712

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:24.000Z

legacy_id: 641

food_group: Vegetables

food_subgroup: Root vegetables

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:51.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:28.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 114289

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00599