Oyster plant is a common name used for various flowering plants, including:
Acanthus mollis, (also called bear's breeches), native to the Mediterranean
Mertensia maritima (also called oysterleaf), native to Europe and North America with leaves said to taste like oysters
Scorzonera hispanica (also called black salsify), cultivated for its dark-skinned edible root
Tragopogon porrifolius (also called purple salsify), cultivated for its light-skinned edible root
Tradescantia spathacea (synonyms Tradescantia discolor, Rhoeo spathacea, Rhoeo discolor); (also called Oyster Herb, Daun Kepah, Nanas Kerang, Boatlily (Cây Lẻ Bạn, Lảo Bạn, Sò Huyết), Moses in a basket, Cradle Lily, Moses in His Cradle, Moses on a Raft, Moses in the Bulrushes, Men in a Boat, Moses-in-Cradle, (Chinese) 蚌花)
Index of plants with the same common name
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Oysterplant is a common name used for various flowering plants, including: Acanthus mollis, (also called bear's breeches), native to the Mediterranean...
Tragopogon. It is commonly known as purple or common salsify, oysterplant, vegetable oyster, Jerusalem star, Jack go to bed, or simply salsify (although...
Tradescantia spathacea, also called the oysterplant, boatlily or 'Moses-in-the-cradle', is an herb in the Commelinaceae family which was first described...
porrifolius; the root is described as having the taste of oysters (hence the alternative common name "oysterplant" for some species in this genus), but more insipid...
Examples include the European flat oyster, eastern oyster, Olympia oyster, Pacific oyster, and the Sydney rock oyster. Ostreidae evolved in the Early Triassic...
a species of flowering plant in the borage family, and is known by the common names oyster leaf in North America, oysterplant in the British Isles, and...
taste like oysters. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tragopogon dubius". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team...
as bear's breeches, sea dock, bear's foot plant, sea holly, gator plant or oysterplant, is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae and is native to...
Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Station is an inactive single unit 636 MWe boiling water reactor power plant in the United States. The plant is located on...
Pleurotus ostreatus, the oyster mushroom, oyster fungus, hiratake, or pearl oyster mushroom is a common edible mushroom. It is one of the more commonly...
Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue...
Bourbon-Anjou); for a Crest, a circlet Or, jewelled with eight breeches of bear or oysterplant leaves, five shown, with pearls on points Or inserted and above which...
also known as black oysterplant, serpent root, viper's herb, viper's grass or simply scorzonera, is a perennial species of plant in the sunflower family...
Isle, Where the mermaids chant, Reigns big chief Crocodile Beneath an oysterplant. He loved a sea-nymph selfishly, Queen of the Gay White Wave. Each night...
OysterOyster is a restaurant by chef Rob Rubba, serving plant-based, American cuisine in Shaw, Washington, D.C. The restaurant has received a Michelin...
ORP plants the native oyster, Crassostrea virginica, back into the Chesapeake Bay. In 2022, the organization helped to plant over 950,000,000 oysters. The...
County Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant on the above creek Oyster Creek, Texas, a city in Brazoria County Oyster Creek (Texas)...
"Chesapeake's Oyster King." Bevans Oyster Company sells fresh-shucked Chesapeake oysters, half-shell oysters, canned oysters, and jarred oysters. It is an...
'Native Oysters' which were collected from beds beyond the low water mark from Roman times until the mid-20th century. The annual Whitstable Oyster Festival...
widely eaten mushrooms, P. ostreatus. Species of Pleurotus may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly cultivated...
The Pacific oyster, Japanese oyster, or Miyagi oyster (Magallana gigas) is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species...
import and plant the seeds of Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas from Japan. This species proved easier to manage than the native Olympia Oyster and until...
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