RHH's photos with the keyword: pratensis

This is Yellow Salsify, a European plant that has naturalized all across North America. It is sometimes known as Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon because the flowers close at midday. When gone to seed it has large Dandelion-clock-like seed heads.

This Yellow Salisfy flower is just opening. The flowers close at midday, however, and thus the common name, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon. It is a European plant that has naturalized all across North America.

This is Yellow Salsify, or Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, so named because the flowers close at midday. It is common plant in our area but is a European import.

When in Grand Teton National Park this summer we photographed this wildflower which grows across Europe and North America. Know as Meadow Salsify, Goatsbeard and Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, its botanical name is Tragopogon pratensis.