Tragopogon porrifolius L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Salsify
🇫🇷 Salsifis à feuilles de poireau, Salsifis du Midi

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Scorzonerinae
Genus: Tragopogon
Species: Tragopogon porrifolius

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

T. porrifolius subsp. abbreviatus (Boiss.) Coșkunç. & Gültepe, 2012;
T. porrifolius subsp. cupanii (Guss. ex DC.) I.Richardson, 1976;
T. porrifolius subsp. eriospermus (Ten.) Greuter, 2007;
T. porrifolius subsp. macrocephalus Batt., 1889;
T. porrifolius subsp. porrifolius L., 1753, P.

Hybridizes with T. pratensis L., 1753 to produce T. × mirabilis Rouy, 1890, P.

Photographs

img/tragopogon-porrifolius.webp — Tragopogon porrifolius

img/tragopogon-porrifolius-2.webp — Tragopogon porrifolius

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 510). Biotope.