Names and Myths

Tragopogon goats beard

Tragopogon dubius uncertain origin

 Yellow Goatsbeard

 Tragopogon major greater

 Goatsbeard

 Tragopogon pratensis of the meadow

 Meadow Salsify

Natural history / Folklore

Introduced from Europe, milky juice was a heartburn remedy. The roots were once eaten as carrots, stalks served like asparagus.⁶ Plants may spend on to several years in a vegetative state before flowering, once they have flowered they die.⁹

Description

May - July Large yellow flowers closing by noon, seed heads resembling giant dandelions are composed of 100 to 850 seeds and measure 7 to 10 cm across. Milky juice and grass-like leaves. Roadsides and fields