Tragopogon porrifolius
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Asteraceae›Tragopogon›Tragopogon porrifolius
Ecology
An annual or biennial herb, occasionally escaping from cultivation and naturalised on sea-walls, cliffs, rough grassland and road verges, especially in S.E. England. Elsewhere it is usually only casual. Lowland.
Status
Neophyte
Trends
This species was first recorded in the wild in Britain in 1695 (Middlesex). Its range is similar to that shown in the 1962 Atlas, but it is now better recorded.
World Distribution
Native of the Mediterranean region; the native range of the cultivated subsp. porrifolius is uncertain but it is widely naturalised in temperate Europe.
Atlas Change Index: 1.08
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000004531
Atlas text references
Atlas (296a)
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1995. Flora dels Països Catalans, III. Pirolàcies-Compostes.