Tragopogon orientalis

Tragopogon orientalis, common name Oriental goat's beard, is a hemicryptophyte herbaceous annual plant in the family Asteraceae.[1]

Tragopogon orientalis
Flower of Tragopogon orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tragopogon
Species:
T. orientalis
Binomial name
Tragopogon orientalis
Synonyms[1][2]
List
  • Tragopogon longipappus Peterm.
  • Tragopogon melanantherus Klokov
  • Tragopogon moldavicus Klokov
  • Tragopogon novus Geners.
  • Tragopogon novus Geners. ex Steud.
  • Tragopogon orientalis subsp. orientalis L.
  • Tragopogon orientalis var. latifolius C.H.An
  • Tragopogon orientalis var. orientalis L.
  • Tragopogon orientalis var. parallelus Nyár.
  • Tragopogon orientalis var. revolutus (Schweigg.) Bisch.
  • Tragopogon orientalis var. transsilvanicus (Schur) Soó
  • Tragopogon pratensis f. lamottei (Rouy) Rouy, 1908
  • Tragopogon pratensis subsp. orientalis (L.) Celak.
  • Tragopogon pratensis var. orientalis Schmalh.
  • Tragopogon revolutus Schweigg.
  • Tragopogon rumelicus Velen.
  • Tragopogon transcarpaticus Klokov
  • Tragopogon transsilvanicus Schur
  • Tragopogon xanthantherus Klokov
  • Tragopogon xantheranthus Klokov, 1965

Taxonomy

This species was previously treated as a subspecies of Tragopogon pratensis, in contrast with latter molecular phylogenetic analyses.[2][3][4]

Distribution
Tragopogon orientalis
Tragopogon orientalis

This species is native to Eurasia, with a range from Europe to Siberia and Western Himalaya. It is present in most of Europe and in North America.[2][5]

Description

Tragopogon orientalis reaches approximately 40 cm (16 in) in height. The yellow flowers have a diameter of about 5–8 cm. Fruits are 15–20 mm long. Leaves are rather broad. These plants are characterized by the enlarged stem under the capitula and by the flowers that have the same size as the perianth.[6][7]

Biology

Flowering time lasts from May to September. This plant mainly grows in lowlands, hills, foothills and mountains.

References
  1. Biolib
  2. GBIF
  3. \rMavrodiev E. V., Tancig M., Sherwood A. M., Gitzendanner M. A., Rocca J., Soltis P. S. & Soltis D. E. 2005: Phylogeny of Tragopogon L. (Asteraceae) based on internal and external transcribed spacer sequence data. – Int. J. Pl. Sci. 166: 117–133.
  4. The Plant List
  5. Plants of the world on line
  6. Flora von Österreich (in German)
  7. Encyclopedia of Life

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