DAISY FAMILY
Tragopogon longirostris var.longirostris (GOAT'S BEARD)
(Tekesakalı, Yemlik, Yersakızı)
(Bocksbart) Campositae (Asteraseae)
Biennial herbs. Stem erect, little-branched or unbranched, up to 80 cm. Leaves alternate, linear. Capitula homogamous, ligulate, solitary on long peduncles. Phyllaries 6-8, lanceolate. Flowers pale lilac to dusky violet. Achenes buff-coloured. Pappus pale greyish-brown, up to 35 mm. Young roots edible. Fl. April-July. Rocky slopes, scrub, roadsides, fields, s.l.
Türkiye, W. Syria, Arabia, Cyprus, Crete.
