COMMON SALIFY

Class: Tragopogon porrifolius

Family: ASTER FAMILY

Sub Family: Asteraceae, Compositae

Year: Biennial

Other Names: Vegetable Oyster, Purple Salsify

Colour: Purple

Height: 30-90 cm (1-3')

Each Flower: 3.8-6.5 cm (1 1/2-2 1/2") across with several rows of ray-petals, becoming progressively shorter towards middle, usually with toothed tips; involucre with long, pointed, green bracts, longer than ray-petals with keeled central ribs

Leaves: Many smooth, long, narrow, tapering leaves clasp stems

Stems: Flower-stems swell just below flower-head; several stems to a plant, branching at leaf-axils

Blooming Period: April - August

Habitat: Occasionally in moist, grassy areas, roadsides, and waste ground

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