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Goat's-beard (Tragopogon pratensis minor)

A morning flower, closing its flowerhead in the afternoon, hence its country name of Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon.

The nominate species is scarce in Britain and it is the sub-species 'minor' that is the common Goat's-beard.

The flowerheads give way to a large white dandelion-like clock.

Found in a Gloucestershire hedgerow.

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Uploaded on May 26, 2023
Taken on May 24, 2023