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SCORZONERA (Scorzonera hispanica)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 410 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCORZONERA (Scorzonera hispanica)  , a hardy perennial, native to central and
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southern
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Europe, and cultivated in gardens as a
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vegetable for its fleshy cylindrical roots, which resemble those of salsafy except in being black outside . They should be treated in every respect like salsafy . The genus is a member of the natural order
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Compositae, and nearly allied to Tragopogon, to which salsafy belongs .

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