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Tragopogon
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.
7 branches of this group, most-observed first
meadow salsify
speciesTragopogon pratensis
Eastern Goat's-beard
speciesTragopogon orientalis
Tragopogon minor
speciesTragopogon minor
Tragopogon trachycarpus
speciesTragopogon trachycarpus
Tragopogon tommasinii
speciesTragopogon tommasinii
Tragopogon longifolius
speciesTragopogon longifolius
Tragopogon hayekii
speciesTragopogon hayekii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.100
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.855
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.853
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.352
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.707
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.227
Plant Touchstone (Phytobasanos)
Fabio Colonna · 1592 · p.161
Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.240
Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.241
Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.243
History of Monsters
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1642 · p.702
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.21
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1644843.