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Barba di Prete • Scorzonera

Salsify, Scorzonera

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By Patience Gray

Published 1986

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Tragopogon Porrifolius Scorzonera hispanica
Barba de Frare (Catalan) • Skoulí (Greek) escorzonera (Catalan) • starída (Greek)

Salsify, which in its wild form is purple goat’s beard, the spindly-leaved apparition of early March, belongs as does root chicory and scorzonera to the daisy and dandelion family. When cultivated, its insignificant rootlets attached to a central tap-root explain its name – the priest’s beard. Its bladelike, glaucous leaves contain a milky fluid which is beneficial to the liver. When the plant is young, the central leaves can be chopped and eaten as a salad.

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