NameThatPlant.net: Tragopogon porrifolius

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_ Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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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

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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image of Tragopogon porrifolius, Purple Salsify, Vegetable-oyster, Oyster Plant, Purple Goat’s-beard

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
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)

map
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Purple
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Achene

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