Long-beaked Salsify / ذنب الفرس

سلسفيل طويل الـمنقار / لحية التيس

Tragopogon coelesyriacus Boiss.

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Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Stems
Preparation
  • Salads
Blooming period
April to July
Foraging period
February to March
Seed collection period
August to September

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Violet
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Tragopogon
Family
Asteraceae
Wikidata item
Q6672978
GBIF Item
Tragopogon coelesyriacus Boiss. (5693363)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  2. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  3. Tragopogon coelesyriacus Boiss. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.
  4. Ciocarlan, N., Ghendov, V. (2015). Ethnobotanical and ecological studies of wild edible plants from Bugeac steppe, Republic of Moldova. Journal of EcoAgriTourism, 11(2), 18-23.

Citation

Tragopogon coelesyriacus Boiss. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/650 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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