Asteraceae
Cutleaf vipergrass
Scorzonera laciniata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Scorzonera
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- سلسفي مفتوق الأوراق
- arz
- سلسفى مفتوق الاوراق
- Catalan
- Cuixabarba
- Czech
- Hadí mord dřípený
- Dutch
- Steelzaad
- English
- Cutleaf vipergrass
- German
- Schlitzblättrige Schwarzwurzel, Schlitzblatt-Schwarzwurzel
- Persian
- شنگ اسبی مدیترانهای
Synonyms
- Scorzonera laciniata f. laciniata
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos

FlowerPhoto: Brenda Black, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Franck Cabot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Luke Cooper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Татьяна Максимова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franck Cabot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean Jacques Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jordan Zylstra, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tait Sougstad, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Archer Silverman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.