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Tragopogon pratensis
Also called Meadow salsify, Showy goatsbeard, Goat's Beard, Goatsbeard, Johnny Go To Bed At Noon, Meadow Goatsbeard, Shepherd's Clock
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon is a biennial wildflower in the daisy family, found in meadows, fields and roadsides across Europe and parts of North America. It is grown mainly for its yellow flowers and edible roots and buds, and it blooms in the morning and closes by midday.
Tragopogon pratensis (common names Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, meadow salsify, showy goat's-beard or meadow goat's-beard) is a biennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It flowers between June and October.
It is distributed across Europe and North America, commonly growing in fields. The root and buds are edible, and it has a milky latex.
It is distributed across Europe and North America, commonly growing in fields (hence its name) and on roadsides. It is found in North America from southern Ontario to Massachusetts; most of England; on the eastern and southern edges of Scotland; and central Ireland but not the coastal edges.
The roots can be boiled and eaten like potatoes. The fresh stems and buds can be cooked like asparagus and the young leaves can be eaten raw.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tragopogon pratensis 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.
