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Tragopogon pratensis L.

Meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard

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Tragopogon lamottei Rouy
Tragopogon orientalis L.
Tragopogon pratensis L. ssp. orientalis (L.) Celak.

 

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

7/5/2021 · Curtis Farm Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 3 × 3½″ (7.5 × 9.8 cm)

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

7/5/2021 · Curtis Farm Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 3 × 4½″ (7.5 × 11 cm)

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

6/9/2016 · Monhegan Island, Maine

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

6/12/2023 · Viles Arboretum, Augusta, Maine

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

6/10/2016 · Monhegan Island, Maine

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

6/9/2016 · Monhegan Island, Maine

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

6/9/2016 · Monhegan Island, Maine

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

6/12/2023 · Viles Arboretum, Augusta, Maine

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

7/6/2025 · Cross River Preserve, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 5″ (11 × 13 cm)

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

7/18/2020 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 3½ × 3½″ (9.5 × 9 cm)

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

7/5/2021 · Curtis Farm Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 4 × 3″ (10 × 7.4 cm)

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

6/19/2024 · Red Rose Preserve, Bowdoinham, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 6″ (11 × 14 cm)

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

7/6/2025 · Cross River Preserve, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (11 × 17 cm)

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

6/9/2016 · Monhegan Island, Maine

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

6/12/2023 · Viles Arboretum, Augusta, Maine

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

6/9/2016 · Monhegan Island, Maine

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

7/6/2025 · Cross River Preserve, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 4½″ (11 × 11 cm)

Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, showy goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s-beard, meadow goat’s beard)

6/12/2023 · Viles Arboretum, Augusta, Maine

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassAsteridaeA large class that encompasses asters
OrderAsteralesFlowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
FamilyAsteraceaeThe aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
GenusTragopogonDerived from two Greek words tragos meaning “goat” and pogon meaning “beard,” suggested by its prominent, feathery hairs when in seed
SpeciespratensisFor ‘Martial’ Lamotte (born Simon Gabriel Lamotte), 1820-1883. (Thanks to David Hollombe for correcting the previously misattributed name.)

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Tragopogon pratensis description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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