YELLOW SALIFY

Class: Tragopogon dubius

Family: ASTER FAMILY

Sub Family: Asteraceae, Compositae

Year: Biennial

Other Names: Oyster Plant, Goat's-beard

Colour: Pale lemon-yellow

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

Each Flower: 4-6.5 cm (1 1/2-2 1/2") across with several rows of ray-flowers, becoming progressively shorter towards middle; usually with toothed tips; involucre usually has 13 long, pointed bracts with keeled central ribs arranged in 2 rows; stem swollen below flower-head. Seed-head resembles that of large dandelion

Leaves: Many broadly-clasping, smooth leaves which taper to long point

Stems: Several stems branching at leaf-axils; hollow, green with darker green, narrow stripes and appearing jointed at leaf-axils

Blooming Period: May - July

Habitat: Drier roadsides and waste ground

Note:

Flower closes when cloudy