Hiker logs yellow salsify sighting in Wyoming mountains
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Native Plants
That dandelion-lookalike with the giant fluffy seed head towering over trailside grasses is yellow salsify, an edible wildflower whose root and young shoots can be foraged and whose spread across the West is tracked one observation like this at a time.
Someone on a hike near Green Mountain Falls in Wyoming came across a yellow salsify plant and snapped a photo to log it on iNaturalist. It's a tall, spiky-leaved wildflower with a bright yellow flower that closes by midday and a huge dandelion-style seed puff, and it's originally from Europe but now grows widely across North America.
Key Findings
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Observation recorded in Carbon County, Wyoming during a Green Mountain Falls hiking trip
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Species identified as Tragopogon dubius, commonly known as Yellow Salsify or Western Salsify
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Logged via iNaturalist, contributing to public range-mapping data for the species
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Technical Summary
A hiker in Carbon County, Wyoming spotted and logged a Yellow Salsify plant, adding another data point to citizen-science maps of where this widespread wildflower grows.
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Original paper
Yellow Salsify (Tragopogon dubius) observed in Carbon County, WY, USA
Tragopogon dubius, commonly known as yellow salsify, is a species of salsify with yellow flower heads. It is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to North America.
