Montana Meadow Goat's Beard Seedhead
by Douglas Wielfaert
Title
Montana Meadow Goat's Beard Seedhead
Artist
Douglas Wielfaert
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Our mid-July visit to Southwestern Montana included plenty of back-road exploration. We encountered these photo-worthy puffy seedheads which brought me to research what they might be. Wikipedia and Montana State University provided plenty of information about western salsify or tragopogon dubius -- and similar to the species tragopogon pratensis. There are plenty of common names for this plant including Wild Oysterplant, yellow salsify, yellow goatsbeard, western goatsbeard, western salsify, Moscow salsify and the whimsical name jack-go-to-bed-at-noon. The young roots of the plant are edible and in former times children used the sap to produce chewing gum. All the various names aside, Montana meadow goat's beard is picturesque in its seedhead stage and we spent plenty of time lying prostrate along roadside ditches trying to get just the right shot.
Doug and Marcy Wielfaert are a husband and wife team located in Tennessee near the Great Smoky Mountains. Our home range certainly colors our portfolio, but we love traveling across the country and around the globe to capture scenes like this one. We would be honored if you would “like”, “favorite” or comment on this image, doing so helps increase our search engine rankings.
Doug’s Artist Website:
http://dougwphotography.com
Marcy’s Artist Website:
http://marcysphotography.com
For the backstory on many of our photoshoots, meet us on our blog site:
https://dougnmarcysphotojourney.com
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Watch our short video trailer:
https://youtu.be/N-i367_lNHI
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July 23rd, 2019
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