Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Tragopogon pratensis L.
Vernacular Name(s):
goat's beard; goatsbeard; Johnny go to bed at noon; Shepherd's clock
Description
Annual to perennial with cylindric rootstock. Stems erect, weakly ribbed, glabrous or with sparse fine hairs above, 30–60 cm tall. Lvs linear to lanceolate-subulate, entire, acuminate, 5–25 × 0.1–1 cm; base sheathing; margins undulate or flat. Capitula solitary; peduncles not swollen (< 3 mm thick at fruiting). Involucre with a band of felted or cobwebby tomentum at base; involucral bracts 6–8, lanceolate-acuminate, 3–4 × c. 1 cm at fruiting, usually glabrous, sometimes tomentose near apex. Corolla yellow, < involucre. Achenes fusiform, ribbed, the outer weakly muricate, the inner smooth; body c. 8–10 mm long; beak = or < body, clavate at apex. Pappus sordid, 1.5–2 cm long, plumose, in 2 rows seated on a distinct, tomentose annulus.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Nov.–Dec.; Fruiting: Nov.–Dec.
