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Salsifies
Tragopogon
Tragopogon, also known as goatsbeard or salsify, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers.
Salsifies are forbs growing as biennial or perennial plants. They have a strong taproot and milky sap. They generally have few branches, and those there are tend to be upright. Their leaves are somewhat grass-like. Flower colour varies within the genus, with some yellow species, and some bronze or purple. Seeds are achenes and are borne in a globe like that of a dandelion but larger, and are dispersed by the wind.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Majores
sectionMajores
Tragopogon
sectionTragopogon
Hebecarpus
sectionHebecarpus
Southern Salsify
speciesTragopogon eriospermus
Tragopogon ucrainicus
speciesTragopogon ucrainicus
Collini
sectionCollini
Tragopogon marginifolius
speciesTragopogon marginifolius
remarkable goatsbeard
speciesTragopogon mirus
Tragopogon heterospermus
speciesTragopogon heterospermus
Tragopogon castellanus
speciesTragopogon castellanus
Tragopogon buphthalmoides
speciesTragopogon buphthalmoides
Tragopogon podolicus
speciesTragopogon podolicus
Tragopogon graminifolius
speciesTragopogon graminifolius
Profundisulcati
sectionProfundisulcati
Tragopogon dasyrhynchus
speciesTragopogon dasyrhynchus
Tragopogon angustifolius
speciesTragopogon angustifolius
Tragopogon sibiricus
speciesTragopogon sibiricus
Tragopogon lamottei
speciesTragopogon lamottei
Woolly Goatsbeard
speciesTragopogon floccosus
Tragopogon tanaiticus
speciesTragopogon tanaiticus
Tragopogon borysthenicus
speciesTragopogon borysthenicus
Tragopogon collinus
speciesTragopogon collinus
Tragopogon pusillus
speciesTragopogon pusillus
Hybrid Goat's-Beard
hybridTragopogon × mutabilis
Tragopogon × crantzii
hybridTragopogon × crantzii
Tragopogon bjelorussicus
speciesTragopogon bjelorussicus
Tragopogon undulatus
speciesTragopogon undulatus
Tragopogon gorskianus
speciesTragopogon gorskianus
Moscow salsify
hybridTragopogon × miscellus
Tragopogon macrorhizus
speciesTragopogon macrorhizus
Tragopogon malikus
speciesTragopogon malikus
Tragopogon filifolius
speciesTragopogon filifolius
Tragopogon tuberosus
speciesTragopogon tuberosus
Tragopogon ruthenicus
speciesTragopogon ruthenicus
Brevirostres
sectionBrevirostres
Slender Salsify
speciesTragopogon gracilis
Tragopogon coloratus
speciesTragopogon coloratus
Tragopogon songoricus
speciesTragopogon songoricus
Tragopogon turkestanicus
speciesTragopogon turkestanicus
Tragopogon pterocarpus
speciesTragopogon pterocarpus
Tragopogon dubianskyi
speciesTragopogon dubianskyi
Tragopogon aureus
speciesTragopogon aureus
Tragopogon latifolius
speciesTragopogon latifolius
Tragopogon pseudomajor
speciesTragopogon pseudomajor
Tragopogon lainzii
speciesTragopogon lainzii
Tragopogon pseudocastellanus
speciesTragopogon pseudocastellanus
Tragopogon colchicus
speciesTragopogon colchicus
Tragopogon cazorlanus
speciesTragopogon cazorlanus
Tragopogon acanthocarpus
speciesTragopogon acanthocarpus
Tragopogon soltisiorum
speciesTragopogon soltisiorum
Tragopogon armeniacus
speciesTragopogon armeniacus
Tragopogon vaginatus
speciesTragopogon vaginatus
Tragopogon elatior
speciesTragopogon elatior
Tragopogon vvedenskyi
speciesTragopogon vvedenskyi
Tragopogon rechingeri
speciesTragopogon rechingeri
Tragopogon jesdianus
speciesTragopogon jesdianus
Tragopogon kemulariae
speciesTragopogon kemulariae
Tragopogon montanus
speciesTragopogon montanus
Tragopogon conduplicatus
speciesTragopogon conduplicatus
Tragopogon albinervis
speciesTragopogon albinervis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.100
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.855
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.853
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.352
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.707
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.227
Plant Touchstone (Phytobasanos)
Fabio Colonna · 1592 · p.161
Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.240
Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.241
Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.243
History of Monsters
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1642 · p.702
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.21
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54142.