Scorzonera

Further to this morning's post about a gallery of derelict London cinemas, Scorzonera sends in the photos of Terence Nunn, who has an amazing, 40-plus year gallery of deteriorating London structures and places.

Boing Boing: August 6, 2006 - August 12, 2006 Archives 2006

The vegetation of Kara Tau is represented by communities on stone soils that include such endemics as Lepidolopha karatavica, Rhaphidophyton regelii, Scorzonera tau-sagyz and pulvinates such as Cousinia mindshelkensis.

Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe 2008

When sand movement slows, dunes may be colonized by such plant species as Alhagi sparsifolia, Scorzonera divaricata, and Karelina caspica.

Taklimakan desert 2007

Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius), sometimes called “oyster plant” for the supposed flavor resemblance, and black salsify or scorzonera (Scorzonera hispanica) are Mediterranean natives.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius), sometimes called “oyster plant” for the supposed flavor resemblance, and black salsify or scorzonera (Scorzonera hispanica) are Mediterranean natives.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

It is a less troublesome root than Scorzonera, and superior to it in beauty and flavour -- in fact, it is often dressed and served as 'Vegetable Oyster,' having somewhat the flavour of the favourite bivalve.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons

Engelmann mentions as subject to this hypertrophy of the pappus, as it may be termed, _Scorzonera octangularis_ and _Senecio vulgaris_.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

= = Scorzonera = = to be treated much the same as Salsify.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons

Scorzonera is not much grown in this country, but as it is prized on the

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons

[235] _Scorzonera_ is a genus of composite plants, of numerous species; the leaves or roots of many are used as vegetables or salads.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 16 of 55 1609 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Emma Helen Blair 1884