Transformational Gardening

Meadow Salsify (Lesser Goat's Beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, Showy Goat's Beard, Yellow Goat's Beard) (Tragopogon pratensis) (Synonym: Tragopogon lamottei)

Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Tragopogon L. – goatsbeard
Species	Tragopogon lamottei Rouy – Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon

1		Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman Timber Press, c1998 ISBN: 0881924539
2		Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants: A Historical Survey with Special Reference to Eastern Indian Tribes by Charlotte Erichsen-Brown Dover Publications, c1989 ISBN: 048625951X
3		Peterson Field Guide for Edible Wild Plants of Eastern/Central North America by Lee Allen Peterson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (c1999) ISBN: 039592622X

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