DIVERSITY OF LIFE TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA
Tragopogon porrifoliusL.
Mitchell NYNYFA TCUSDA NY
accepted accepted accepted
Salsify, Vegetable-oyster

Asteraceae

CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: In situations similar to T. pratensis, but in heavier soils ; frequent, and widely distributed. June-July. In the Cayuga Lake Basin, most abundant about Ithaca. Ont. and Minn, to B. C, southw. to Ga., Nebr., and Calif. Escaped from gardens, and more or less naturalized. Native of Europe. A form resembling T. porrifolius, but with brown flowers, occurs frequently on East Hill, Ithaca. This is apparently a hybrid with T. pratensis.


BH SPECIMENS FOR Tragopogon porrifolius (this list may be incomplete)
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, on border of garden, escaped, 11 Jun 1890, Bailey (BH 29601);
 Ithaca, escaped, 17 Jun 1928, Bailey (BH 29596);
 Ithaca, roadside, weed, 28 Mar 1915, Bailey (BH 29599);
 Ithaca, roadside, weed, flowers purple, 9 Jun 1918, Bailey (BH 29598);
 Ithaca, roadside, weed, 9 Jun 1918, Bailey (BH 29597);
 Ithaca, roadside, weed, 9 Jun 1918, Bailey (BH 29595);
 Ithaca, Linden Avenue, 18 Jun 1915, Bizzell 5324 (BH 29608);
 I.5 miles east of Ithaca, along Lehigh Valley Railroad, 3 Jun 1908, Brown (BH 29610);
 Ithaca, corner of Mitchell Street and State Street, 6 Jul 1928, Burnham 17349 (BH 29602);
 Ithaca, Six Mile Creek, escaped, Aug 1875, Dudley (BH 29594);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, waste field, 1 Jul 1915, Eames 5323 (BH 29593);
 Ithaca, along state road, damp roadside, 10 Jun 1913, Eames & MacDaniels 1349 (BH 29607);
 East Ithaca, along railroad track, 2 Aug 1936, Mandels & Clausen 2253 (BH 29603);
 Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, Muenscher garden, biennial, 19 Jun 1935, Muenscher (BH 29600);
 Ithaca, Lehigh Valley Railroad yards, Jul 1931, Muenscher 17641 (BH 29609);
 Town of Ithaca, near Six Mile Creek, old building site, 19 Jun 1918, Randolph (BH 109077);
 Ithaca, in streets and waste places, Escape, flowers purple, 5 Jun 1876, Walker 292 (BH 29606);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, 12 Jun 1894, Wiegand (BH 29605);

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