Frog Pond Wetland Preserve

Scientific name:

Tragopogon porrifolius

Family: Asteraceae: Sunflower

Tribe: Cichorieae

Genus: Silverpuffs

Blooms: Apr–June

Plant Height: 8–100 cm

Origin: Europe

Habitat: Disturbed places

About: This tall plant has distinctive flowers, ligules of pale to rich purple and exceeded by the long subtending phyllaries. Unlike the other plants shown on this page, the phyllaries are in a single series, all of the same length. Buds are long and slender. Leaves are long and grass-like, with straight tips. Fruiting heads are impressively large, each fruit with a pappus of stout plumose bristles.

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