Podospermum canum
C. A. Mey.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Leaf stalk, Stems, Roots
The leaves and leaf stalks are eaten raw in salads.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Armenia, Caucasus, Italy, Mediterranean, Sicily, Turkey, Türkiye,
How to Identify
A temperate herb in the Asteraceae family with edible leaves, leaf stalks, stems, and roots.
Names & Synonyms
Dehebe, Gezerok, Giyare cebel, Gizbelik, Gilok, Kasmatki, Libehe, Pircika pire, Pirpincik, Yelmik
Scorzonera cana var. jacquiniana (W. Koch) D. F. Chamb.and many others
References (5)
- Cakir, E. A., 2017, Traditional knowledge of wild edible plants of Iğdır Province (East Anatolia, Turkey). Acta Soc Bot Pol. 2017;86(4):3568
- Demir, I. & Ayaz, N., 2022, Wild edible plants contributing to the traditional foods of Mardin (Turkey) Province. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol 21(3), July 2022, pp 569-582 (As Scorzonera cana var. jacquiniana)
- Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement (As Scorzonera cana var. jacquiniana)
- Pieroni, A., et al, 2020, Wild food plants traditionally gathered in central Armenia: archaic ingredients or future sustainable foods? Environment, Development and Sustainability. Springer p 9
- Pasta, S., et al, 2020, An Updated Checklist of the Sicilian Native Edible Plants: Preserving the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Century-Old Agro-Pastoral Landscapes. Frontiers in Plant Science. Volume 11|Article 388
