I know what this looks like.
Here is a bud. Nearly 2.5 inches long.
Here is the seed head. Almost 5 inches wide.
Here is the finder of the specimen.
Surely -- this CAN'T be a dandelion. But, what is it?
I'm going over to the patch to take another look today. In the meantime, suggestions are welcome. :-)
ADDENDUM:
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.
:-)
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.
:-)
1 comment:
maybe it's a gaint dandelion
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