vegetable-producing plant, root, tuber or bulb salsify plant MANSFELD:32164 A plant cultivated for its ornamental flower, edible root, and herbal properties. It also grows wild in many places and is one of the most widely known species of the salsify genus, Tragopogon. Jerusalem star Tragopogon porrifolius L. Damion Dooley common salsify goatsbeard oyster plant purple salsify salsify tragopogon porrifolius vegetable oyster ready for release