Scorzonera tau-saghyz is a species of Scorzonera, in the family Asteraceae.[1][2]

Scorzonera tau-saghyz
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Scorzonera
Species:	S. tau-saghyz
Binomial name
Scorzonera tau-saghyz Lipsch. & G.G.Bosse[1]

It is endemic to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan[3] and Karatau Mountains of Kazakhstan[4] in Central Asia.

Uses

It is of interest as a source of latex suitable for making natural rubber,[5][6] with latex (in old specimens on average 20%) contained in large roots and underground stems extending from them.[4] The Soviet Union cultivated Scorzonera tau-saghyz, together with Taraxacum hybernum and Taraxacum kok-saghyz, on a large scale between 1931 and 1950—notably during World War II—as an emergency source of rubber when supplies of rubber from Hevea brasiliensis in Southeast Asia were threatened.

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