Tragopogon dubius |
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fistulous goat's beard, goat's beard, salsifis majeur, western salsify, yellow salsify |
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Habit | Plants (30–)40–80(–100) cm. |
Leaves | apices straight (not recurved to coiled), faces initially tomentulose to floccose, soon glabrescent. |
Peduncles | distally inflated. |
Involucres | conic in bud. |
Outer | florets much shorter than phyllaries; corollas yellow. |
2n | = 12. |
Tragopogon dubius |
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Phenology | Flowering early summer. |
Habitat | Disturbed sites and less disturbed sites |
Elevation | 10–2500 m (0–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DE; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; QC; SK; YT; Europe; Australia; s Africa [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Tragopogon dubius is naturalized across much of North America. It typically grows in sites drier than those where T. pratensis is found. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 305. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Tragopogon |
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Name authority | Scopoli: Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 2: 95. (1772) |
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