Salsify, Oyster Plant at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Tragopogon porrifolius subsp. porrifolius | 28 Oct 2015 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Tragopogon porrifolius subsp. porrifolius | 26 Oct 2015 | ibaird |
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User's notes
An edible species. The tuber, flowers and stem can be eaten. A self-sown, wild plant found growing in my garden at 15 Fairfax St. O'Connor.
1 comment
ibaird
wrote:
27 Oct 2015
The flowers open each morning, the anthers dehisce and release their pollen are pollinated and then close. The flowers are closed by late afternoon.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113281-35.259503
- Altitude 577.9m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 26 Oct 2015 08:45 AM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
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Plants Daisies ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Tragopogon porrifolius subsp. porrifolius Scientific name
- Salsify, Oyster Plant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 834m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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