TROX'IMON GLAU'CUM. 
GLAUCOUS-LEAVED TBOXIMON. 
Class. 
SYNGENESIA. 
Natural Order. 
COJIPOSITjE. 
Order. 
fQCALIS. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Missouri. 
1 foot. 
June, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1811. 
No. 1031. 
The word Troximon, is deduced from the Greek 
TBOXiMOs, eatable. This name was established by 
Gaertner ; but how it was intended to apply to any 
plants of the genus does not appear. Linneus hav- 
ing received the plant from his friend and fellow- 
worker, Gronovius, placed it in the genus Trago- 
pogon, whence it was removed by Gaertner, at the 
time of his adopting the new name. 
This hardy perennial plant — not annual, as 
stated by some writers, is, notwithstanding its 
Dandelion aspect, by no means an undesirable 
ornament; its glaucous foliage too, is neat and 
unobtrusive, offering a good illustration of the 
impropriety of placing too much reliance on the 
clothing of plants, as a specific character. Some 
leaves of this Troximon will be found entirely 
smooth and glaucous, whilst others have their supe- 
rior surface abundantly clothed with long silky 
hairs. 
The Troximon glaucum succeeds best in a light 
dry soil, where it will produce stoloniferous shoots, 
from which young plants will spring up at some 
distance from the parent root. 
