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Douglas Houck | profile | all galleries >> Flora >> Wild Flowers >> Wildflowers of Washington State >> Tragopogon porrifolius tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Tragopogon porrifolius

Common Names: Salsify, Purple Salsify, Oyster Plant, Vegetable Oyster, Jerusalem Star, Goatsbeard

No listed varieties
Non-Native (Mediterranean regions of Europe)

Note unique flower and bracts on tall erect stem. Pre-bloomed flower head is held inside long (1-3 inches) pyrimidal green bracts. Purple (ray) petals of varying length (multi-diameter), with yellow anthers on black filaments. Green bracts are longer than outer purple petals. Clasping leaves.

north Puget Sound
TRAIL: West Side Road
HABITAT: rocky coastal bluff
ELEVATION: 20 meters (70 feet)
BLOOM TIME: 08-JUN
Tragopogon porrifolius
Tragopogon porrifolius		 Tragopogon porrifolius
Tragopogon porrifolius

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