Jack-Go-to-Bed-at-Noon

Did you know

• The common name comes from the flowers closing precisely around noon each day, as if going to bed.
• The seed head forms an enormous dandelion-like puffball up to 10 cm across, one of the largest of any wildflower.
• The genus name Tragopogon means 'goat's beard' in Greek, referring to the silky seed head.
• The taproot is edible and was historically cultivated as a root vegetable called 'meadow salsify.'
• The milky sap was traditionally chewed as a natural chewing gum by children in rural Europe.

Color meanings

Uses

• edible root
• wildflower meadows
• foraging
• ornamental seed heads