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Yellow Goat's Beard Seed Head

The seed head is 3" across and spectacular in the sunlight. Taken with Vivitar 135mm f2.8 lens and Canon FD-25 extension tube.

 

Tragopogon, also known as salsify or goatsbeard, is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family Asteraceae that has over 140 species, including the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers, some of which are usually regarded as weeds. (Wikipedia).

 

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Uploaded on October 24, 2012
Taken on June 24, 2011