Asteraceae
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
Tragopogon pratensis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Tragopogon
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- ذنب الخيل, طراغو بوغن, لحية التيس, لحية التيس الصفراء
- Armenian
- Սինձ
- Azerbaijani
- Çəmən yemliyi, Bitki növü
- Belarusian
- Казлабарод лугавы, Казялок, Казелак
- Bulgarian
- Ливадна козя брада
- Chinese
- 婆罗门参, 婆羅門蔘, 草地婆罗门参
- Croatian
- Kozja brada
- Czech
- Kozí brada luční
- Danish
- Eng-Gedeskæg
- Dutch
- Gele en Oosterse morgenster, Gele morgenster
- English
- Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, Meadow salsify, Showy goatsbeard, Yellow salsify
- Estonian
- Harilik piimjuur
- Finnish
- Piennarpukinparta, Pukinparta
- French
- Salsifis des prés, Salsifis des pres
- German
- Wiesen-Bocksbart, Habermarch, Wiesenbocksbart
- Hungarian
- Réti bakszakáll, Kecskedísz, Zabgyökér
- Irish
- Finidí na muc
- Italian
- Barba di becco
- Japanese
- キバナムギナデシコ
- kw
- Barv an aver velyn
- Lithuanian
- Pievinis pūtelis
- lmo
- Barba de bech
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Geitskjegg
- Persian
- شنگ غلافدار
- pms
- Barbaboch
- Polish
- Kozibród łąkowy
- Russian
- Козлобородник луговой
- Slovak
- Kozobrada lúčna
- Slovenian
- Travniška kozja brada
- Spanish
- Salsifí de prado, Barba cabruna, Barba cabruna de prados, Barba de cabra, Barba de cabrón, Barba de choto, Barba de macho, Barbaja
- Swedish
- Ängshaverrot, Ängshavrerot
- Ukrainian
- Козельці лучні
- Welsh
- Barf yr afr
Synonyms
- Tragopogon carinatus Gilib.
- Tragopogon praecox Focke
- Tragopogon pratensis subsp. eupratensis Thell.
- Tragopogon pratensis var. angustifolius Schur
- Tragopogon pratensis var. macrorhizus Bisch.
- Tragopogon pratensis var. tortilis (G.Mey.) W.D.J.Koch
- Tragopogon sylvestris Garsault
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.