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Tragopogon gracilis D.Don

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Tragopogon

Characteristics

Herbs to 20(-30) cm tall, perennial. Caudex stout. Stems few, simple, slender, erect, glabrous. Basal and lower cauline leaves lanceolate-subulate, 7-15 × 0.2-0.4 mm, margin sometimes adaxially rounded. Capitulum solitary; peduncle not inflated. Involucre 1.8-2.3 cm at anthesis, to 3.5 cm in fruit. Phyllaries 5-7, shorter than florets and ± equaling achenes with pappus. Ligules bicolored, abaxially with pink or mauve spot, adaxially yellow. Outer achenes 1.3-1.8 cm; body pale brown, slightly curviform, 1.3-1.6 mm in diam., slightly tuberculate, with small (to 40-50 µm in diam.) hollows in pericarp; beak slender, 5-7 mm. Pappus dirty white, 1.5-2 cm. Fl. and fr. Apr-Jun. 2n = 12, 24.
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A herb. It has tufted stems often branched from the base. The stems are 6-20 cm long. The leaves are narrow but they broaden to form sheaths at the base. They are 7.5-20 cm long by 5 mm wide. The flowers occur singly at the ends of branches. The flowers are yellow. The flower heads are 2.5-4 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows between 1500-3500 m altitude in Uttar Pradesh in India. It suits cold arid places.
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Open slopes and grassland, 1500-3000 metres. Mountain slopes and scree at elevations of 2900-4300 metres in Tibet.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The young plant is eaten raw. The young fruit heads are eaten.
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Edible fruits leaves roots shoots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Tragopogon gracilis world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:256015-1
WFO ID wfo-0000127949
COL ID 57WH2
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Synonyms

Tragopogon junceus Tragopogon gracilis Tragopogon pamiricus
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