OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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_   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Tragopogon dubius, Vegetable-oyster, Yellow Salsify, Western Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard

JK Marlow    jkm0407v_06

July    Mitchell County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Rays pale yellow, obviously shorter than the longest phyllaries, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Tragopogon dubius, Vegetable-oyster, Yellow Salsify, Western Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard

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).

image of Tragopogon dubius, Vegetable-oyster, Yellow Salsify, Western Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard

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).

image of Tragopogon dubius, Vegetable-oyster, Yellow Salsify, Western Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard

Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, Bugwood.org    bug_5107005

Month Unknown        

Pappus dingy white, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Tragopogon dubius, Vegetable-oyster, Yellow Salsify, Western Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard

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_

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1525

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, other disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Rare

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Invasive?

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

 

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