This is the Tragopogion luteum or Yellow Goats-beard of Gerard (1633) who recommended them boiled until tender and then buttered as being more delicious than carrots and parsnips and very nutritious for those sick from a long lingering disease. Boiled in wine they were a cure for a 'stitch' in the side. In the USA children collect the milky sap onto a piece of glass and, when dry, chew it as bubble-gum. The name 'Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon' refers to the flowers which close at noon and the spherical radiation of seed plumules which then appear

Gerard, J. (1975). The Herbal or General History of Plants. New York: Fascimile Dover Publications Inc .

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