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Asteraceae

Woolly goatsbeard

Tragopogon floccosus Waldst. & Kit.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Tragopogon

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Common names

By language (3)
Bulgarian
Вълнеста козя брада
English
Woolly goatsbeard
Hungarian
Homoki bakszakáll

Synonyms

  • Tragopogon brevirostris var. floccosus (Waldst. & Kit.) Schmalh.
  • Tragopogon canus Willd.
  • Tragopogon floccosus subsp. hungaricus C.Regel
  • Tragopogon floccosus var. revolutus Bisch.
  • Tragopogon savranicus Sobko
  • Tragopogon villosus Pall.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Biennial, Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.