Asteraceae
Tragopogon

Tragopogon dubius Scop.

First published in Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 95 (1771)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Xinjiang and Himalaya. It is a biennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Morphology General Habit
Biennial (sometimes annual?) herbs, 30–85 cm, glabrous or sparingly floccose  when young, glabrescent, rootstock stout, widely fistular, terete, base of stem with few or no remains of previous years’ leaves
Morphology Stem
Stem stout, widely fistular, terete, striate, simple or with a rather few long, ascending branches from near base or only above, moderately to rather densely leafy throughout
Morphology Leaves
Basal leaves few, generally only partly or not withered at flowering, narrow and long, grass-like, stem leaves similar, up to 40 × 7 cm, ± gradually expanded below into a subamplexicaul but not ± appressed-vaginate base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncle in well-grown plants very strongly incrassate beneath fruiting head, 3–18 cm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Phyllaries
Phyllaries 8–10 (in Iraq, more recorded elsewhere), gradually attenuate (sometimes more abruptly so above base), 3.5–8 cm in fruit, shorter than to subequalling pappus
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corollas 21–34 mm, ligules 14–25 mm, yellow with dark dorsal stripes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Outer achenes including beak 22–37 mm, 12–20 mm beak gradually though shortly clavate-expanded at tip, achene-body terete or commonly angled, muriculate with rows of acute or subspatulate white scales, inner achenes becoming less muriculate and smooth; pappus 20–32 mm, dirty white to stramineous.
Ecology
A weed of ahrash (forestry) plantation, palm groves, fields and river banks; alt. 40–250 m;
Phenology
flowering & fruiting: Apr.-Jun.
Distribution
Local in the Lower Mesopotamian Plain, occasional in the foothills of Iraq. C & S Europe from Portugal and N France to C Russia and Crimea, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Tibet, C Asia (Turkmenia to W Siberia). Introduced in S Africa and N America.
[FIQ]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0