Tragopogon dubius Scop.

Biennial with cylindric rootstock. Stems erect, weakly ribbed, glabrous, 30–80 cm tall. Lvs linear to lanceolate-subulate, entire, acuminate, 5–20 × 0.5–1.5 cm; base sheathing; margins undulate or flat. Capitula solitary; peduncles swollen beneath capitula (> 5 mm thick at fruiting). Involucre with a band of sparse minute crisped hairs at base; involucral bracts c. 8, lanceolate-acuminate, 4–6 × 0.5–1 cm at fruiting, glabrous or with fine tomentum near apex. Corolla yellow, < involucre. Achenes fusiform, ribbed, the outer coarsely muricate to spinulose, the inner almost smooth; body 12–15 mm long; beak 1–1.5× length of body, distinctly clavate at apex. Pappus sordid, 2–2.5–(3) cm long, plumose, in 2 rows, seated on a distinct tomentose annulus.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Dec.; Fruiting: Dec.