Tragopogon Badachschanicus
''Tragopogon'', also known as goatsbeard or salsify, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers. Salsifies are forbs growing as biennial or perennial plants. They have a strong taproot and milky sap. They generally have few branches, and those there are tend to be upright. Their leaves are somewhat grass-like. Flower colour varies within the genus, with some yellow species, and some bronze or purple. Seeds are achenes and are borne in a globe like that of a dandelion but larger, and are dispersed by the wind. The salsifies are mostly natives of Europe and Asia, but several species have been introduced into North America and Australia and have spread widely there. There is one species sometimes considered native to North America, ''Tragopogon mirus'', but it is in fact a hybrid of two non-native species. Some of the more common species of ''Tragopogon'' are known, in the re ...
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Tragopogon Porrifolius
''Tragopogon porrifolius'' is a species of plant. It is commonly known as purple or common salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Jerusalem star, Jack go to bed, goatsbeard, or simply salsify. These last two names are also applied to other species. It grows wild in many places and is one of the most widely known species of the salsify genus, ''Tragopogon''. It is cultivated for its ornamental flower and edible root. Description The plant grows to in height. As with other ''Tragopogon'' species, its stem is largely unbranched and the leaves are somewhat grasslike, up to long. It exudes a milky juice from the stems. The taproots can become long and thick. It typically flowers from June to September, but in warmer areas such as California it can be found in bloom from April. The flower head is purple and across and each is surrounded by 8–9 tapered bracts which are longer than the petals (technically, the ligules of the ray flowers). The flowers are hermaphrodite, hermap ...
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