Scorzonera hispanica (Common names)

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See also : Tragopogon porrifolius (Common names)

Names in common use

• English: black salsify, black oysterplant
• German: Schwarzwurzel
• Dutch: schorseneer
• Swedish: svartrot
• Danish:
• Norwegian:
• Icelandic:
  

• French: scorsonère, salsifis
• Italian: scorzonera
• Spanish: escorzonera, salsifí negro
• Catalan: escurçonera
• Portuguese: escorcioneira, salsifi preto
• Romanian: scorzoneră
  

• Russian: козелец, скорцонера, чёрный корень, сладкий корень - kozelec, skorconera, čornij korenj, sladkij korenj
• Polish: wężymord czarny korzeń, czarne korzonki, skorzonera
• Czech: černý kořen, hadí mord
• Slovak: hadí mor
• Bulgarian:
• Croatian: kozja brada, zmijak
• Serb: голям кокеш - goljam kokeš
• Slovenian:
• Macedonian:
  

• Latvian:
• Lithuanian: gelteklė
• Albanian: stumbill
• Greek:
• Turkish: sakız otu
• Maltese:
• Hungarian: feketegyökér
• Finnish: mustajuuri
• Estonian: mustjuur
  

Sources and commentaries

• Salsify is now grown only in amateur gardens. What is currently traded and called salsifis in France is Scorzonera hispanica.