Long-beaked Salsify / ذنب الفرس /

سلسفيل طويل الـمنقار / لحية التيس /

Tragopogon coelesyriacus Boiss.

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

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.
Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
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.
Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).

Citation

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