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Yellow Salsify
Yellow Salsify
Tragopogon dubius
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Biennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Eurasia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

This yellow wildflower grows in open fields across Europe and North America. Its spherical seed head releases over one hundred parachute-like seeds to travel on the wind.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Tragopogon
Species
Tragopogon dubius