Yellow Salsify (Tragopogon dubius) - Garden.org

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Biennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Water Preferences:	Dry Mesic
Leaves:	Broadleaf
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Yellow
Underground structures:	Taproot
Uses:	Will Naturalize
Edible Parts:	Sap
Pollinators:	Various insects
Miscellaneous:	Tolerates poor soil

Common names

Yellow Salsify
Western Salsify
Goatsbeard
Goat's Beard
Go-to-Bed-at-Noon

Botanical names

Accepted: Tragopogon dubius
Synonym: Tragopogon major

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Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-10-20

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Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-10-20

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Location: Twisp

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Location: Oak Run, CA
Date: 2015-06-12
growing wild

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Location: Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Date: 2015-05-12

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Location: Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 2023-05-07
Handsome roadside specimen

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Location: Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 2023-05-07
Often overlooked at a "weed" — quite pretty

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Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2011-07-13

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Location: Garfield, WA
Date: 2008-06-08
Always facing the sun!

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Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2017-05-30

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Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2017-05-30

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Location: north central Texas
Date: 2010-05-20
Initial stage of a seed pod

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Location: north central Texas
Date: 2010-05-20
seed pod ready to disperse seeds.

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Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2017-05-30
This has a large, deep taproot. If not completely removed, will g

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Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2018-03-29

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Location: north central Texas
Date: 2010-05-21

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Location: north central Texas
Date: 2010-05-20
Seedpod after seeds have been dispersed.

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Location: Garfield, WA
Date: 2008-06-08
Wild Yellow Salsify on a southeast facing bank.

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Credit NPS

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Location: Garfield, WA
Date: 2007-01-05

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Comments:

Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 23, 2020 9:10 PM concerning plant:

Habitat: roadsides, old lots, and fields.

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Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Aug 28, 2016 8:12 PM concerning plant:

Introduced from Europe, found in the Pacific NW on road shoulders, in fields, and in other dry areas at low elevations. Biennial or annual with milky juice from the taproot, which was chewed by some natives as a type of gum. The flowers tend to close up at midday or in cloudy weather, which explains one common name 'Jack go to bed at noon.'

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Discussion Threads about this plant

Thread Title	Last Reply	Replies
Tragopogon dubius, not T. porrifolius ssp. porrifolius by growitall	Oct 17, 2014 9:43 PM	4

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