Oyster Plant

Oyster plant
Tradescantia spathacea (syn. Rhoeo spathacea)
Non-Native to Florida ...

Oyster Plant
Related Category: Plants
name for several plants, among them the .

Oyster Plant
Oyster Plant (Mertensia Maritima) - Very little known in gardens, and though a seaside plant and usually found growing in sea-sand, it is amenable to garden culture.

Salsify, Oyster Plant
Salsify Insects
Faba Bean, Fava Bean, Broad Bean, Horse Bean ...

boat-lily; oyster plant Tradescantia spathacea
border privet; blunt-leaved privet Ligustrum obtusifolium
Boreal mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium biebersteinii
Boston ivy Parthenocissus tricuspidata
bougainvillea; paper flower Bougainvillea glabra ...

Black Oyster Plant [English]: Scorzonera hispanica
Black Oysterplant [English]: Scorzonera hispanica
Black Palm [English]: Astrocaryum standleyanum
Black Palm [English]: Normanbya normanbyi
Black Papillaria Moss [English]: Papillaria nigrescens ...

In Zone 10 Miami, Florida the oyster plant can find a niche and grow almost anywhere - no soil needed!
Description ...

This plant is also known as "oyster plant" because the first-year roots have a taste that resembles oysters.

common salsify, goatsbeard, Jerusalem star, John-go-to-bed-at-noon, Joseph's flower, oyster plant, oysterplant, purple goat's beard, purple salsify, salsify, vegetable oyster, vegetable oyster plant, wild quinine, wild salsify
Family ...

Rhoeo spathacea (Moses-In-The-Boat, Oyster Plant)
Setcreasea pallida (Purple heart, Wandering Jew)
Siderasis fuscata (Brown Spiderwort, Bear Ears)
Tradescantia blossfeldiana
Tradescantia fluminensis (White-Flowered Wandering Jew) ...

TRAGOPOGON PORRIFOLIUS - Salsify, Vegetable oyster, Oyster plant
TRANSPLANTING ...

Tradescantia spathacea, Rhoeo spathacea, Tradescantia discolor
Family: Commelinaceae
Boat lily, Rheo, Oyster plant, Moses-In-The-Boat
Origin: West Indies and Mexico ...

It has a sweetish, somewhat aromatic root, which is used as a vegetable in much the same manner as the Oyster plant or Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) and the Parsnip. It is supposed to be a useful diet in chest complaints.

Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage, Opposite-leaved Pondweed, Orange Balsam, Orange Bird's-foot, Orange Foxtail, Orange Hawkweed, Oregon Grape, Orpine, Osier, Oval Sedge, Ox-eye Daisy, Ox-tongue Broomrape, Oxford Ragwort, Oxlip, Oyster Plant ...

See also: Green, May, Salsify, Medic, Tradescantia