Yellow Goat's-beard (tragopogon dubius).
See this page.
I got a look at the flowers today and yesterday. The reason I hadn't seen the flowers before, was that they close so early in the day. They looked like some kind of alien dandelion. Or a dandelion that crossed with...I don't know...some kind of weird botanical specimen, anyway.
Fortunately, I got a lead from a field guide, and found the answer on the Internet.
Never seen one before, but what we have is a CHAMPION specimen of trapogon dubius -- yellow goatsbeard.
And, the important thing...it's edible.
:-)
8 comments:
Hahaha--glad you found out what it is! Now, which parts are edible? Dandelion greens are edible if picked young, I wonder if it is the same for goatsbeard?
Love you XOXO
Interesting. I had no idea what it was!
Errr...yum yum?
:-P
wow, that thing is huge...it does look like a huge mutant version of a dandelion. I'd better not show these pics to my kids or else they will want some in our yard :)
How interesting! Thanks for sharing.
We are a pair of sorry suckers, Moey. Need to update blog!!
I think it's your turn.
I know! let's post pictures of our pregnancy tests.
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