Goat's beard in the labyrinth
Karl Gunter
Miranda found this growing at the entrance to the labyrinth yesterday… Tragopogon pratensis - aka goat's beard or meadow salsify.
Apparently it is a short-lived perennial, with yellow star-like flowers in summer, found in grassland. After flowering, it produces a showy globe of seeds which are also known, as with dandelions, as 'clocks'. Pratensis means ‘of the meadows’.
Goat’s beard (Tragopogon pratensis) at the entrance to the labyrinth.