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Latin name: Tragopogon pratensis
Size: Up to approximately 70cms tall.
Distribution: Widespread throughout the UK.
Flowering months: June to July.
Habitat: Meadows, grassland and waste ground.
Special features: If you look for this plant in the afternoon you could easily miss it. The picture above was taken
in the morning sunshine showing the yellow flower fully open.
 At midday the flower closes, and is hidden inside its long pointed bracts. This is where the plant gets its other name of
'jack-go-to-bed-at-noon'.
Photo: Joy Travisano
The bracts of Tragopogon pratensis are virtually hidden when the flower head is
open (see photo top). The photo above shows
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minor which has much longer bracts.
UK Safari Wild Flower Section
UK Safari Plants + Trees Section
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