Yellow Goatsbeard

Tragopogon lamoetti

Alien: Introduced from Europe.

Identification: Flowers large, yellow with elongate floral bracts supporting the ray florets. Flowers close by mid-day. Seeds and associated plumes form a globe. Stem tough, not hollow, with milky sap. Leaves grasslike and embracing the stem. Plant arises from a rhizome. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Throughout most of North America, but nearly absent from the southeastern United States.

wider view of the leaves and flowers

Habitat: Yellow Goat's Beard is a weed most commonly found in vacant lots, roadsides, fields, and other recently disturbed habitats.

the dandelion-like seed ball

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