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Tragopogon dubius Scop.
yellow salsify

   
Symbol: TRDU
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae
Duration: Annual
Biennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    I
AK    I
CAN    I



Photograph of Tragopogon dubius Scop.
Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California.
 
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Synonyms:
Tragopogon dubius Scop.

  TRDUM Tragopogon dubius Scop. ssp. major (Jacq.) Voll.
  TRMA9 Tragopogon major Jacq.
 

Distribution by State:
Tragopogon dubius Scop.

Distributional Map for Tragopogon dubius Scop.
Distribution Map Legend

Tragopogon dubius Scop. distribution:
USA (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

 

Related Taxa:
Tragopogon dubius Scop.

477 genera in Asteraceae, 10 species in Tragopogon
 

Classification:
Tragopogon dubius Scop.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Asteridae
Order   Asterales
Family   Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus   Tragopogon L. – goatsbeard
Species   Tragopogon dubius Scop. – yellow salsify
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Tragopogon dubius Scop.

Western goat's beard
goat's beard
salsifis majeur
western salsify
wild oysterplant
yellow goat's beard

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

KY Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
NE&GP Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SEEPPC Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (http://www.tneppc.org/TNEPPC2004PlantList-8x11.pdf, 19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Tragopogon dubius Scop.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

 

 
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