Tragopogon porrifolius L.

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Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Tragopogon

Catalan common name: Barba de cabra. Herba barbuda.

Spanish common name: Barba de cabra.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones.

Characteristics: An erect plant that from a reddish or lilac floral capitula with long ligules and even longer bracts that open outwardly. The leaves are linear yet ample at the base, as those of a monocot. Can be told apart from Tragopogon hybridus because the achenes of the same capitulum are more or les the same size, while for the latter species the outer achens are of a different size than those of then centre. Flowers in May towards the end of spring.