Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Tragopogon L., Sp. Pl. 789-790 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
goat's beard
Description
Annual to perennial taprooted herbs. Hairs eglandular, fine, often cobwebby. Stems not branched or sparingly branched below. Lvs basal and cauline, linear to linear-lanceolate, entire, sheathing. Capitula few per stem, terminal on branches. Involucral bracts few, in 1 row, elongating at fruiting, glabrous or with cobwebby tomentum near base. Receptacle areolate, ciliolate; scales 0. Corolla ligulate, yellow or purplish. Style branches filiform, dark. Achenes numerous, pale, fusiform, ribbed, beaked, the outer often muricate; pappus bristles in 2 rows, plumose, sordid, usually inserted on a tomentose annulus, rarely the outer row scale-like.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 3 |
| Total | 3 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
