Definition of Tragopogon pratensis

1. Noun. Weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States.

Exact synonyms: Goatsbeard, Meadow Salsify, Shepherd's Clock
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Tragopogon, Tragopogon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tragopogon Pratensis

Tradescant
Traditional Chinese
Trafalgar
Trafalgar Square
Trafford
Tragelaphus
Tragelaphus angasi
Tragelaphus buxtoni
Tragelaphus eurycerus
Tragelaphus imberbis
Tragelaphus scriptus
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Tragopogon
Tragopogon dubius
Tragopogon porrifolius
Tragopogon pratensis (current term)
Tragulidae
Tragulus
Tragulus Javanicus
Tragulus kanchil
Trajan
Tralee
Trandate
Trans-New Guinea
Trans-Siberian
Trans-Tasman
Transalpine Gaulish
Transcaucasia
Transcaucasian
Transcaucasian SFSR

Literary usage of Tragopogon pratensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"Tragopogon pratensis X PORRIFOLIUS BY EARL E. SHERFF So far as the writer can find, the presence in the United States of hybrids between our two well-known ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Type species: Tragopogon pratensis LT pratensis. ... Tragopogon pratensis L. Sp. Pl. 789. 1753. Stem branched, 1i°-3° high. Leaves keeled, tapering from the ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... Vegetable-oyster Herbaceous biennial Cultivated and occasionally escaped to railroad tracks, roadside banks or streets. Tragopogon pratensis L. Yellow ..."

4. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"... now follows which I have quoted above], f'. e., "Thereis also [besides the clove-pink] another herb [Tragopogon pratensis? or ..."

5. Report (1913)
"Tragopogon pratensis L. Goat's Beard. Occasional as a weed about the village. Taraxacum officinale Weber. Common Dandelion. ..."

6. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"1.I. pratensis. Flowers purple; involucral bracts much longer than the rays. 2. T. porrifolius. 1. Tragopogon pratensis L. yellow ..."

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