ON THIS PLANT
Tragopogon pratensis (common names Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, meadow salsify, showy goat's-beard or meadow goat's-beard) is a biennial plant in the family Asteraceae, distributed across Europe and North America, commonly growing in fields (hence its name) and on roadsides. It is found in North America from southern Ontario to Massachusetts; most of England; on the eastern and southern edges of Scotland; and central Ireland but not the coastal edges. It flowers between June and October and its flowers have a diameter of 3–5 cm. The root and buds are edible, and it has a milky latex.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Genus
- Tragopogon
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 4-8
- Mature Height
- 61 cm
- Mature Spread
- 25 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Yellow
- Flower Size
- 5.08 cm to 10.16 cm
- Bloom Time
- Late spring, Early summer
- Planting Time
- Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Native Area
- Turkey, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Poland, Greece, Croatia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Russia, Lithuania, Norway, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Albania, United Kingdom, Latvia, Belgium, Netherlands
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Goat's-beard en Johnny-go-to-bed-at-noon en Meadow salsify en Shepherd's-clock en Yellow goat's-beard en Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon en Showy goatsbeard en Goatsbeard en Meadow Goatsbeard en Johnny go to bed at noon en Meadow goat's-beard en Meadow Salsafy en Noon Flower en Țâța-caprei en Kozja brada en Barba di becco
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