Tragopogon porrifolius L.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Tragopogon// Species: Tragopogon porrifolius L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Richardson in Tutin et al. (1976) as Tragopogon porrifolius L. subsp. porrifolius, in which Tragopogon eriospermus Ten. was also included. According to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+), native to the Balkan peninsula is the later and is accepted as separate subspecies – Tragopogon porrifolius subsp. eriospermus (Ten.) Greuter.

Note: The specimens from Osogovo have involucre with 8 to 12 involucral bracts.

Lifeform: Biennial plant. First year is vegetative; flowering and fruiting occur in the second year.

Distribution: According to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) T. porrifolius L. is native from the Mediterranean to Baltic states and Arabian Peninsula, while T. porrifolius subsp. eriospermus is native from South Europe to Türkiye.

Habitat: Ruderal areas near cultivated land. Recorded in the village of Beli region and ruderal areas near Kochani.

Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.

Tragopogon porrifolius – habit. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – habit. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – habit. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – habit. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – habit. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – habit. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – florets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – florets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – florets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – florets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – florets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – capitula with involucre and inflated peduncle. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – involucre. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – involucre. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – involucre. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – base of involucre and upper part of peduncle (left and center); peduncle (right). Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – developing capitulum (left), spent capitulum (center) and fruiting capitulum (right). Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – fruiting capitlum with achenes. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – fruiting capitlum with achenes. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – achenes. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – achenes. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – papus of achenes. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – lower cauline leaves and basal leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – basal leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – habit in vegetative stage – basal leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – habit in vegetative stage – basal leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – adaxial side of cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – abaxial side of cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – adaxial side of basal leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – abaxial side of basal leaves. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – stem. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – root. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – achenes. Scale in cm/mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Tragopogon porrifolius – habit in fruiting stage. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – habit in fruiting stage. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – ripe achenes. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – ripe achenes. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – ripe achenes. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – achene. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – achene. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – body of achenes. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – body of achenes. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – body of achenes. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – pappus. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – pappus. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tragopogon porrifolius – pappus. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Richardson, I. B. K. 1976. Tragopogon L. (incl. Geropogon L.). In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 322–325.

Tragopogon porrifolius L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:256109-1 [Accessed 29.04.2025].

Tragopogon porrifolius subsp. eriospermus (Ten.) Greuter. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77086117-1 [Accessed 29.04.2025].

Tragopogon porrifolius subsp. eriospermus. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.), Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c4b40ff6-5c76-4dea-9224-1cdc5816b4db [Accessed 29.04.2025].

Last update: 04.10.2025.