Common Name:
SALSIFY, VEGETABLE-OYSTER
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
*
Coefficient of Wetness:
5
Wetness Index:
UPL
Physiognomy:
Ad B-Forb
R. W. Smith
Roadsides and railroads, fields, vacant lots and other disturbed places. Collected as early as 1843 by D. Cooley (presumably in Macomb or Oakland Co.) and by the mid-1880’s in Ingham and Keweenaw Cos. Doubtless originally an escape from cultivation, for the species has long been grown for its edible taproot.
As in T. dubius, the phyllaries exceed the ligules and the pedicels are inflated.
Locations
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Berrien County
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Cheboygan County
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Clinton County
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Emmet County
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Gratiot County
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Houghton County
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Huron County
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Ingham County
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Kalamazoo County
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Kent County
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Keweenaw County
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Leelanau County
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Lenawee County
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Mackinac County
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Only on Bois Blanc, Mackinac, Round Islands
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Mecosta County
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Midland County
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Oakland County
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Ottawa County
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Saginaw County
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St. Clair County
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Tuscola County
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Van Buren County
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Washtenaw County
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Wayne County
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Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. July 16, 2018. https://www.michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=508.