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Asteraceae

Scorzonera purpurea L.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Scorzonera

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Scorzonera purpurea: Scorzonera purpurea
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)
Arabic
سلسفي أرجواني
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سلسفى ارجوانى
Belarusian
Чарнакорань пурпуровы
Czech
Hadí mord nachový
French
Scorsonère pourpre
German
Rote Schwarzwurzel, Violette Schwarzwurzel, Rosafarbene Schwarzwurzel
Hungarian
Piros pozdor
Polish
Wężymord stepowy
Russian
Козелец пурпуровый

Synonyms

  • Podospermum purpureum (L.) W.D.J.Koch & Ziz
  • Scorzonera purpurea subsp. eupurpurea F.Herm.
  • Scorzonera purpurea var. gmelinii DC.

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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). About our plant data.