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Tragopogon pratensis
Goat's-beard · Johnny-go-to-bed-at-noon · Meadow salsify · Shepherd's-clock · Yellow goat's-beard
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
5–32 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 4–8
Click count
417
Observations
6,975
Description
Source: leafsnapTragopogon 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, 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. It flowers between June and October and its flowers have a diameter of 3–5 cm. The root and buds are edible, and it has a milky latex.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 5–32.2°C
Ideal temperature: 5–32.2°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Genus
- Tragopogon
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 4-8
- Mature Height
- 61 cm
- Mature Spread
- 25 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Yellow
- Flower Size
- 5.08 cm to 10.16 cm
- Bloom Time
- Late spring, Early summer
- Planting Time
- Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Native Area
- Turkey, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Poland, Greece, Croatia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Russia, Lithuania, Norway, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Albania, United Kingdom, Latvia, Belgium, Netherlands
Tags (4)
Common Names (16)
en Goat's-beard
en Johnny-go-to-bed-at-noon
en Meadow salsify
en Shepherd's-clock
en Yellow goat's-beard
en Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
en Showy goatsbeard
en Goatsbeard
en Meadow Goatsbeard
en Johnny go to bed at noon
en Meadow goat's-beard
en Meadow Salsafy
en Noon Flower
en Țâța-caprei
en Kozja brada
en Barba di becco