




tragopogon porrifolius
Purple Salsify is a beautiful flowering plant with bright purple blooms. Kids love to explore its fluffy seed heads that look like dandelions!
Hábitat: Purple Salsify typically grows in meadows, grasslands, and along roadsides.
The Purple Salsify has striking purple, star-shaped flowers that often close by midday. Its long, grass-like leaves grow from a robust stem, and developing seed heads resemble giant dandelion puffballs, but much larger.





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Its fuzzy seed heads are giant versions of a dandelion's puffball!
Its root tastes like oysters or artichokes when cooked!
This plant has been cultivated since ancient Greek and Roman times!
You can often find its vibrant flowers only open in the morning!
Purple Salsify can release a sticky, milky sap when injured that helps it deter hungry herbivores from eating its leaves.
Purple Salsify has fluffy seed heads with parachutes, which help it spread its seeds far and wide on the wind.
Purple Salsify flowers can track the sun's movement, always facing the light to attract more pollinators throughout the day.
Apis mellifera
Gathers nectar and pollen from its flowers.
Bombus terrestris
Visits the vibrant purple flowers for sustenance.
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Browses on the leaves and young shoots of the plant.
Mus musculus
May feed on the seeds or young plants.
Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.
Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.
Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.
Los hábitats de pastizales son biomas terrestres dominados por pastos y plantas herbáceas, que sustentan a una variedad de animales de pastoreo.
Describe organismos que transfieren polen, permitiendo la fertilización y reproducción de las plantas.
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30-100 cm
3-6 cm
Verano
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Bienal
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Purple Salsify typically grows in meadows, grasslands, and along roadsides.
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