Species
Black salsify
Pseudopodospermum hispanicum
Varieties
1 entriesScorzonera hispanica is accepted as Pseudopodospermum hispanicum. This perennial has narrow basal leaves and pale-yellow flower heads.
Botanical characteristics
The older Scorzonera name remains familiar in seed lists. Yellow flowers also distinguish its botanical context from white salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose flower heads are purple despite its root-based common name.
The Duplex reference and botanical name
Duplex is the named scorzonera seed reference in the wholesale assortment.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Biennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Scorzonera hispanica
- Common names
- black salsify, scorzonera
- Synonyms
- Myscolus hispanicus (L.) Endl., Scorzonera hispanica L., Scorzonera hispanica var. genuina Pau
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Scorzonera
- Species
- Scorzonera hispanica