Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tragopogon porrifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Purple Salsify at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tragopogon porrifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tragopogon porrifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Tragopogon porrifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-14-002:
Tragopogon porrifolius FAMILY Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tragopogon porrifolius
COMMON NAME:
Purple Salsify, Vegetable-oyster, Oyster Plant, Purple Goat’s-beard
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trpo_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tragopogon porrifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tragopogon porrifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tragopogon porrifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Tragopogon porrifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-14-002:
Tragopogon porrifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tragopogon porrifolius
3076
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare or waif(s)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Purple
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p249
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p383
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p175
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