Tragopogon dubius Scop.

En: yellow goatsbeard, yellow salsify, meadow goatsbeard
Fr: salsifis majeur, salsifis douteux, salsifis jaune, salsifis pâle.
Provincial Status: Ni
Range: Eurasia; widely intr. in Canada, except NL, PE, and NU; ephemeral in YK.

              [=Tragopogon campestris Besser]
              [=Tragopogon dubius Hornem. 1815, nom. illeg. hom., non Scop. 1771]
              [=Tragopogon elatus Salisb.]
              [=Tragopogon major Jacq. subsp. dubius (Scop.) Nyman]
              [=Tragopogon minor Billott ex Nyman]
              [=Tragopogon pratensis L. subsp. dubius (Scop.) Gaut.]

[A specimen of Tragopogon dubius, identified as Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minor, was photographed in 2004 by J. Maunder from the Johnson River Trail, Virginia River, St. John’s. The persistence of this species in Nfld. has yet to be determined.]

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