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Tragopogon L.

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Tragopogon L., Sp. Pl. 789-790 (1753)
Tragopogon L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
789-790
ICN
Tragopogon L.
genus
Tragopogon

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Tragopogon

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Tragopogon L.

Annual to perennial taprooted herbs. Hairs eglandular, fine, often cobwebby. Stems not branched or sparingly branched below. Lvs basal and cauline, linear to linear-lanceolate, entire, sheathing. Capitula few per stem, terminal on branches. Involucral bracts few, in 1 row, elongating at fruiting, glabrous or with cobwebby tomentum near base. Receptacle areolate, ciliolate; scales 0. Corolla ligulate, yellow or purplish. Style branches filiform, dark. Achenes numerous, pale, fusiform, ribbed, beaked, the outer often muricate; pappus bristles in 2 rows, plumose, sordid, usually inserted on a tomentose annulus, rarely the outer row scale-like.

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Tragopogon L.
Tragopogon L.
Tragopogon L.
Tragopogon L.
Tragopogon
Tragopogon L.

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c70378c5-4800-4122-8aa8-4342b08fd5a2
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1 January 2000
15 August 2008
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