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Asteraceae
Tragopogon orientalis
Tragopogon orientalis
Also known as Tragopogon xanthantherus, Tragopogon pratensis subsp. orientalis, Tragopogon pubescens, Tragopogon transcarpaticus
Native Plants · Salsify · Tragopogon · Wildflower · Meadow · Asteraceae · Yellow Flowers · Naturalistic · Self-Seeding · Perennial · European
Eastern salsify (Tragopogon orientalis) is an undemanding perennial wildflower with bright yellow daisy-like blooms that open in the morning sun. It adapts well to average soils and requires little supplemental watering once established, making it ideal for naturalistic or wildflower gardens. Allow seed heads to form at season's end for self-seeding and to attract seed-eating birds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 6 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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