532 COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) 
pointed. Achenes reddish brown, long-beaked like those of the 
Dandelion, with a very plumose pappus to help in their distribu- 
tion. (Fig. 367.) 
Means of control 
Deep cutting with hoe or spud while in first flower, making certain 
that no seed is allowed to mature. 
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MEADOW SALSIFY 
Tragopogon praténsis, L. 
Other English names: Yellow Goat’s Beard, 
Bucek’s Beard, Morning Sun, Noon-flower, 
Nap-at-noon, Go-to-bed-at-noon. 
Introduced. Biennial or perennial. Propa- 
gates by seeds. 
Time of bloom: June to Septenthers 
Seed-time: July to October. 
Range: New Brunswick to Manitoba, south- 
ward to New Jersey, Ohio, and Michigan. 
Habitat: Fields, meadows, roadsides, and 
waste places. 
This plant springs from a slender, deep- 
boring taproot, somewhat fleshy. Stem 
one to three feet tall, round, smooth, light 
green, slender, usually with several branches, 
held very erect. Leaves alternate, linear, 
keeled, clasping at base, and with long- 
pointed tips; the lowermost perhaps a foot 
long, the topmost not exceeding two inches ; 
at maturity the edges of the leaves become 
involute and tips curve inward. Grazing 
animals dislike its bitter, milky juice, and 
usually leave it unmolested to reproduce 
itself. Heads solitary, terminal, golden 
yellow, nearly two inches broad, the rays 
five-notched at the tip, with the pointed 
Fia. 368.— Meado : a s s 
Salsify (Tragopogon pike bracts of the involucre in a single row, united 
tensis). Xt. at base and about as long as the rays; the 
