| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Tragopogon coelesyriacus Boiss. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 11: 47 (1849) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to Central Asia and Afghanistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | glaucous, basal leaves dense, thinly linear-subulate, entire, on margins sparsely lanate, capitula solitary, phyllaries 5, to 4cm long, lanceolate-subulate |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | biennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C |
| Synonyms | Tragopogon australis Bourg. ex Nyman Tragopogon crocifolius Sm. Tragopogon dshimilensis K.Koch Tragopogon krascheninnikovii S.A.Nikitin Tragopogon longirostris Bischoff ex Sch.Bip. Tragopogon orgyalis Reut. Tragopogon porrifolius ssp. longirostris (Bischoff ex Sch.Bip.) Greuter |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti, TUE Turkey-in-Europe) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) |