Dietmar Nill / Goats beard flower / Meadow salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) with poppies in the background, Germany

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Goats beard / Salsify (Tragopogon sinuatus) close-up of flower head, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009 WWE BOOK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Yellow salsify (Tragopogon dubius) flower, Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro, May 2008

Jeff Foott / Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) seedhead, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Jeff Foott / Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) seedhead, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Edwin Giesbers / Pasture goatsbeard (Geropogon hybridus) flower, close-up. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Pasture goatsbeard (Geropogon hybridus) flower, close up. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Pasture goatsbeard (Geropogon hybridus) flower. Cyprus. April.

Jean E. Roche / Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) Camargue, France, May.

Robert Thompson / Goat's beard (Tragopogon crocifolius). Catlar, Pyrenees Orientales, south west France. May.

Nick Upton / Meadow salsify / Goat's beard (Tragopogon pratensis) flower in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Fabrice Cahez / Goat's-beard (Tragopogon pratensis) close up of seed head, Mont-Lozere, Cevennes National Park, France, July.

Ernie Janes / Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis) seedhead at sunset, England, UK, July.

Loic Poidevin / Meadow salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) seedhead, Gard, France, May.

Loic Poidevin / Purple salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) flowers, Breton Marsh, France, May.

Loic Poidevin / Purple salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) flower, Breton Marsh, France, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Meadow salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) in flower, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Meadow salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) in flower, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Meadow salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) in flower, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Goat's-beard (Tragopogon pratensis) flowering, Altwarper Dune, Altwarp, Germany, June.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Goat's-beard (Tragopogon pratensis) flowering, Altwarper Dune, Altwarp, Germany, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis) also called 'jack-go-to-bed-at noon' as it closes by midday. In garden at Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, July.

Fabrice Cahez / Meadow salsify flower (Tragopogon pratensis) Vosges, France, June.

Ernie Janes / Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis) seedhead, England, UK, June.

MYN / Marko Masterl / Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) in flower with small beetle, Slovenia, Europe, May Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) in flower with small beetle, Slovenia, Europe, May Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) in flower with small beetle, Slovenia, Europe, May Meetyourneighbours.net project

Fabrice Cahez / Goat's Beard / Meadow Salsify (Tragopon pratensis) in flower. Lozere, France, July.

Sandra Bartocha / Grass (Poaceae sp.) with floating Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) seed, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, July

Sandra Bartocha / Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) seeds, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, July

MYN / Denis Palanque / Meadow Salsify / Goat's beard (Tragopogon pratensis) wasteland, woodland edge, Savoie, France, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Denis Palanque / Meadow Salsify / Goat's beard (Tragopogon pratensis) wasteland, woodland edge, Savoie, France, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Denis Palanque / Meadow Salsify / Goat's beard (Tragopogon pratensis) woodland edge, Savoie, France, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Meadow salsify / Goat's beard (Tragopogon pratensis) in flower, Slovenia, Europe, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Oriol Alamany / Desert landscape with Oyster plant / Purple Salsify (Tagopogon porrifolius) flowering in foreground, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Goatsbeard / White salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) flower, Spili, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Close-up of Goatsbeard / Salsify (Tragopogon sinuatus) seed head, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Goatsbeard / Salsify (Tragopogon sinuatus) flower, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Goatsbeard / Salsify (Tragopogon sinuatus) seedhead, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Close-up of Goatsbeard / Salsify (Tragopogon sinuatus) seeds, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Close-up of Goatsbeard / Salsify (Tragopogon sinuatus) seed head, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Goat's beard / White salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) close-up of flower covered in raindrops, Spili ,Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Close-up of Goatsbeard / Salsify (Tragopogon sinuatus) seed head, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Goatsbeard / Salsify (Tragopogon sinuatus) close-up of flower, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Close-up of Goatsbeard / Salsify (Tragopogon sinuatus) seeds, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Goatsbeard / Salsify (Tragopogon sinuatus) seed head, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Yellow salsify (Tragopogon dubius) flower, Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Yellow salsify (Tragopogon dubius) in flower, Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro, May 2008

Jose B. Ruiz / White salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) close-up

Jan Vermeer / Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) flower blooming, Europe, introduced into North America

Jeff Foott / Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) seedhead, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

John Waters / Salsify seeds (Tragopogon porrifolius) falling on black background, Bristol, UK.

Nick Upton / Meadow salsify / Meadow goat's-beard (Tragopogon pratensis) seedhead against blue sky, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Tragopogon x mirabilis, a natural hybrid between Goat's beard (Tragopogon pratensis) and Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) found in several colour forms, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Tragopogon x mirabilis, a natural hybrid between Goat's beard (Tragopogon pratensis) and Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) found in several colour forms, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Close up of Goat's beard (Tragopogon pratensis) flower, Umbria, Italy. May.

John Waters / Meadow salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) close up of seed head, Daneway Banks, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, June.

Guy Edwardes / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) roosting on Goatsbeard (Tragopogon porrifolius), Sturminster Newton, Dorset, UK, June.

Loic Poidevin / Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) in seed, Vendeen Marsh, Vendee, France, June.

Ernie Janes / Silhouette of Goatsbeard seedheads (Tragopogon pratensis) with grasses.

Linda Pitkin / Goat's-beard (Tragopogon pratensis), seed head, Bishop's Meadow, Farnham, Surrey, England, June.