Tragopogon orientalisL.

Oriental goat's beard

WFO wfo-0000029072 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tragopogon orientalis, photographed by Philipp
fig. a Philipp, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 203444957
Tragopogon orientalis, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. b Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199765193
Tragopogon orientalis, photographed by Elias
fig. c Elias, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197525134
Tragopogon orientalis, photographed by Larissa Schatz
fig. d Larissa Schatz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197442760
Tragopogon orientalis, photographed by Giuliana Pirotta
fig. e Giuliana Pirotta, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196982161
Tragopogon orientalis, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. f Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194713948
Tragopogon orientalis, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. g Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194282324
Tragopogon orientalis, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. h Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193528170

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Native range 37 botanical countries

Regions where Tragopogon orientalis is native: Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Tadzhikistan, Türkiye, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine AltayBuryatiyaChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKazakhstanKrasnoyarskMongoliaTadzhikistanTürkiyeTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSpainSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Tragopogon orientalis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Mongolia MON
Tadzhikistan TZK
Türkiye TUR
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
West Himalaya WHM ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Tragopogon longipappus Peterm.
  • Tragopogon melanantherus Klokov
  • Tragopogon moldavicus Klokov
  • Tragopogon novus Geners.
  • Tragopogon orientalis var. latifolius C.H.An
  • Tragopogon orientalis var. parallelus Nyár.
  • Tragopogon orientalis var. transsilvanicus (Schur) Soó
  • Tragopogon pratensis subsp. orientalis (L.) Čelak.
  • Tragopogon pubescens Kit.
  • Tragopogon rumelicus Velen.
  • Tragopogon transcarpaticus Klokov
  • Tragopogon transsilvanicus Schur
  • Tragopogon xanthantherus Klokov

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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