Flora of North America species comparison

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Tragopogon dubius

fistulous goat's beard, goat's beard, salsifis majeur, western salsify, yellow salsify
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
Phenology Flowering early summer.
Habitat Disturbed sites and less disturbed sites
Elevation 10–2500 m [30–8200 ft]
Distribution
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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.)
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Tragopogon
Sibling taxa
T. mirus, T. miscellus, T. porrifolius, T. pratensis
Name authority Scopoli: Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 2: 95. (1772)
Source FNA vol. 19, p. 305. Treatment author: Pamela S. Soltis.
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