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Tragopogon sp.
2' tall herbaceous plant with a single stem bearing yellow daisy like flowers & thin strap like leaves along its length. 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. Salsifies are forbs growing as biennial or perennial plants. They have a strong taproot and milky sap. They generally have few branches, and those there are tend to be upright. Their leaves are somewhat grass-like. Flower colour varies within the genus, with some yellow species, and some bronze or purple. Seeds are borne in a globe like that of a dandelion but larger, and are dispersed by the wind. The salsifies are natives of Europe and Asia, but several species have been introduced into North America and Australia and have spread widely there.
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Thanks for the tip C Sydes! All the hawk weeds I could find images of had rosettes of leaves but bare stems. I don't know if this has the rosette (I will have to try & find it again tomorrow to check!) but it does have leaves all the way up the stem.