Appearance
It differs from goat's-beard, ''Tragopogon pratensis'', in that it has short, pale green bracts, whereas in Goats Beard they are long and pointed.It grows 7 to 50 cm.
The leaves are unbranched, elliptical-lanceolate.
The flower heads are 2.5 cm wide, and deep yellow in colour. Flowers from May until July.
The achenes are smooth ribbed, beakless, with similar pappus to ''Tragopogon pratensis''.
It exudes a milky juice from its stem.
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