J. Tragopogon (Tourn. )L. 
taproots and alternate linear leaves. 
(ga sovenninte ipords with fleshy 
their involucres cylindrical, becoming 
Heads upon elongate peduncles, 
funnel-shaped , formed of a single series of herbaceous bracts; receptacle 
naked. Corollas purple. Achenes spindle-shaped, dae acnbieettntectry ihn beaked, 
co bods: 
beak 2s—Long—as ihe ody the pappus plunose. 
1. Te 'e porrifolius Le 7? Salsify. Glabrous and rather glaucous biennials, 
branching, 60-90 cm. tall or more; leaves linear-lanceolate, expanded at the 
the apex, 10-25 cm. long; heads borne on stout peduncles 
base, at: -enuate towaras 
which are dilated toward the apex, the bracts linear-lanceolate, 3-4 cm. long; 
corollas purple, J0-55 tne lone, achenes forming at maturity a globose clus ter 
5-6 cm. im Giameter, the body or tne outer achenes roughened, those of the 
inner smooth, 9-11 ma. long, attenuate to a beak of equal length, the pappus 
brownish, sof tly plwnese. . 
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Locally abundant along roadways and in waste places; escaped from culti- | 
vation; native of Mediterranean regione. 
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