Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tragopogon dubius
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Read more about Tragopogon at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tragopogon dubius
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tragopogon dubius
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Tragopogon dubius
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-14-001:
Tragopogon dubius FAMILY Asteraceae_
COMMON NAME:
Vegetable-oyster, Yellow Salsify, Western Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard
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JK Marlow jkm0407v_06
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
Rays pale yellow, obviously shorter than the longest phyllaries, per Weakley's Flora.
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Michael Rasy, University of Alaska, Bugwood.org bug_1196254
Month Unknown
Ray flowers pale yellow; heads solitary on erect stalks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org bug_1205019
Month Unknown
Flower stalk is gradually but conspicuously broadened beneath the involucre, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, Bugwood.org bug_5107005
Month Unknown
Pappus dingy white, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Bugwood.org bug_5392659
Month Unknown
Flowers open in the morning and usually close by noon, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tragopogon dubius
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tragopogon dubius
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tragopogon dubius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Tragopogon dubius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-14-001:
Tragopogon dubius
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
1525
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, other disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p268
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p249
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p331
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p383
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p175
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