Goatsbeard at Farrer, ACT
Identification history
| Tragopogon dubius | 29 Oct 2015 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Tragopogon dubius | 27 Oct 2015 | Mike |
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User's notes
Mostly finished flowering. Opened remaining bud to find yellow petals.
2 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
29 Oct 2015
You need open flowers to decide whether this is Tragopogon dubius (yellow) (Southern Tablelands and ACT) or T. porrifolius (purple) (widespread). In the Purple Book I mentioned that the flowers open early in the morning and are closed for most of the day. I have recently been told that that is not correct. Flowers open at any time of day and are only open for a short time.
Mike
wrote:
29 Oct 2015
I saw that the spent petals at the tip of the seed head were yellowish and dissected the remaining bud which had bright yellow petals - I didn't know how long I would have had to wait for it to open. I think both species are becoming more common though T. dubius is not reported by ALA before 1981.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.111944-35.376667
- Altitude 676.0m
- Places Farrer, ACT
Sighting information
Species information
- Tragopogon dubius Scientific name
- Goatsbeard Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1677.34m Recorded at altitude
- 89 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
