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Tragopogon porrifolius L.

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Tragopogon porrifolius L.
Tragopogon porrifolius L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Tragopogon porrifolius L.
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Tragopogon porrifolius

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porrifolius

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Tragopogon porrifolius L.

Biennial with cylindric rootstock. Stems erect, weakly ribbed, glabrous or sometimes with sparse cobwebby tomentum above, 30-100 cm tall. Lvs linear- to lanceolate-subulate, entire, acuminate, 5-30-(40) × 0.5-1.5-(2) cm; base sheathing; margins undulate or flat. Capitula solitary; peduncles swollen beneath capitula (> 5 mm thick at fruiting). Involucre glabrous at base; involucral bracts 6-8, lanceolate-acuminate, 3.5-6 × 0.5-1 cm at fruiting, glabrous, or tomentose near apex. Corolla mauve to purple, < involucre. Achenes fusiform, ribbed, the outer coarsely muricate, the inner becoming smooth; body 8-13-(15) mm long; beak < or up to 2× length of body, barely 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 porrifolius L.
Tragopogon porrifolius L.
Tragopogon porrifolius L.
Tragopogon porrifolius L.
Tragopogon porrifolius L.

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Tragopogon porrifolius L.
New Zealand
Tragopogon porrifolius L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Tragopogon porrifolius L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Tragopogon porrifolius L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Tragopogon porrifolius L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Tragopogon porrifolius L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Tragopogon porrifolius L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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77c12071-91d0-4dc3-b10b-6669c416c21d
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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