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Meadow salsify. Meadow salsify another dandelion type plant with yellow flowers and fluffy round seed heads but the leaves look more like grass. Meadow goatsbeard is an introduced and naturalized biennial forming a rosette the first year and then the leafy stem the second year. The whole plant is edible root stem leaves and flower. Tragopogon pratensis is naturalized across much of north america.
Tragopogon pratensis common names jack go to bed at noon meadow salsify showy goat s beard or meadow goat s beard is a biennial plant in the family asteraceae distributed across europe and north america commonly growing in fields hence its name and on roadsides. In b c meadow salsify was first reported west of kamloops lake in 1919 royal b c. Other species of unrelated plants in the rosacea family are also known as goatsbeard salsifies are forbs growing as biennial or perennial plants. The roots of meadow salsify can be eaten raw or cooked.
The stems are erect contain a milky juice are hollow in the lower sections and are usually up to 24 inches high or enough to raise the flower above surrounding vegetation. The circumscription and infraspecific taxonomy of t. Tragopogon also known as goatsbeard or salsify is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. Large populations of meadow salsify are present in the riske creek and dog creek areas near williams lake.
This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from usda plants database. In addi tion the central okanagan and kootenay. They have a sweet flavor due to their inulin content. It includes the vegetable known as salsify as well as a number of common wild flowers.
Pratensis may prove to be inaccurately assigned to the introduced populations in north america. It is cur rently distributed throughout the cariboo chilcotin and thompson nicola regions. They are often blanched before use. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about meadow salsify oyster plant yellow goat s beard jack go to bed at noon tragopogon pratensis supplied by member gardeners in the.
Young roots can be eaten raw while older roots are best cooked like parsnips.