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| Yellow goatsbeard Tragopogon dubius |
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| Yellow Goatsbeard, sometimes "Johnny-go-to-bed-at-noon" is a European import that is sometimes mistaken for a dandelion. Its large yellow flower head turns to face the sun, opens only on sunny mornings, and closes by noon. Its long taproots can be dug and roasted as a coffee substitute and the entire plant produces a sticky, milky sap. The seed head looks like a giant dandelion plume (or like an old gray goat's beard) and some people spray these seed heads with hairspray and use them in dried flower arrangements. |
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