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Tragopogon dubius
Also called Common salsify, Greater goatsbeard, Meadow goatsbeard, Western salsify, Wild oysterplant, Yellow goat's-beard, Yellow Goatsbeard
Yellow salsify is a biennial or annual wildflower in the daisy family, with yellow flower heads that open in the morning and close by late afternoon. It thrives in sunny, disturbed ground and spreads readily by its light seeds.
Tragopogon dubius, commonly known as yellow salsify, is a species of salsify with yellow flower heads. It is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to North America.
It is native to southern and central Europe and western Asia and found as far north and west as northern France. Although it has been reported from Kashmir and India, recent evidence suggests that specimens from these areas may be a different species.
The edibility of wild western salsify is disputed. In The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa (1962) by Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk it is reported to be inedible. However, Stephen Facciola wrote in his book Cornucopia (1990) that the flowering stems, buds, leaves, shoots, and roots are all edible.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tragopogon dubius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
