Common name
English: Meadow goat's-beard
German: Gewöhnlicher Wiesen-Bocksbart
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)
Genus: Tragopogon (2)
Epithet: pratensis L. (5)
Synonyms: Hieracium tragopogon E.H.L.Krause, Tragopogon carinatus Gilib., Tragopogon dulcis Sch.Bip., Tragopogon praecox Focke, Tragopogon pratensis Hruby, Tragopogon shuttleworthii Godet, Tragopogon sylvestris Garsault, Tragopogon tortilis Pritz., Tragopogon undulatus Thuill.
carinatus => having a ridge or being shaped like the ridge or keel of a ship
dulcis => sweet, or any taste not acrid
praecox => early-ripening
pratensis => growing in meadows
sylvestris => wild not cultivated, growing in woods and forests
tortilis => twisted
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow