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Tragopogon pratensis L.

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Tragopogon pratensis L.
Tragopogon pratensis L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Tragopogon pratensis L.
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Tragopogon pratensis

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pratensis

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Tragopogon pratensis L.

Annual to perennial with cylindric rootstock. Stems erect, weakly ribbed, glabrous or with sparse fine hairs above, 30-60 cm tall. Lvs linear to lanceolate-subulate, entire, acuminate, 5-25 × 0.1-1 cm; base sheathing; margins undulate or flat. Capitula solitary; peduncles not swollen (< 3 mm thick at fruiting). Involucre with a band of felted or cobwebby tomentum at base; involucral bracts 6-8, lanceolate-acuminate, 3-4 × c. 1 cm at fruiting, usually glabrous, sometimes tomentose near apex. Corolla yellow, < involucre. Achenes fusiform, ribbed, the outer weakly muricate, the inner smooth; body c. 8-10 mm long; beak = or < body, clavate at apex. Pappus sordid, 1.5-2 cm long, plumose, in 2 rows seated on a distinct, tomentose annulus.

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Tragopogon pratensis L.
Tragopogon pratensis L.
Tragopogon pratensis L.
Tragopogon pratensis L.
Tragopogon pratensis L.

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Tragopogon pratensis L.
France
Tragopogon pratensis L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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68283073-2f28-463c-9933-a178597c7622
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1 January 2000
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