Salsify. Opens up to rather nice yellow flowers. aka Tragopogon porrifolius

It looks like Corn Cockle to me ...

It does. But my first thought was Jack go to bed at noon, alias goatsbeard, alias tragopogon pratensis - the other tragopogon isn't hardy in the UK and this is evidently self sown?

Anyway if the flowers are pink Hywel is right. If they are yellow its a tragopogon. Owdboggy usually knows more than me but I think my guess is right this time.

The other tragopogon may not be hardy in the UK, but tell that to the ones which have survived here for the last 18 years.

Lol! I said you knew more that I did...

And if the flowers are blue, then what?

Thanks all for your replies, don't think I've seen it before, its on my dads drive :))

Thanks all for your replies, its growing on my dads drive, the flowers look yellow :))

Thanks all for your replies, the flowers look yellow, its growing on my dads drive :)

Having trouble with this lol its not showing when I've posted it :/

Oh, glad to see this, one turned up in my flowerbed. I was wondering what it was, I did not plant it. I left it because I thought it was very pretty, I shall leave it, and hope it will self seed a little.

I've had this for several years now. It will self seed quite aggressively, so only let one plant go to seed if you have several growing.

And I was WRONG. It is not Salsify it is Scorzonera, Scorzonera hispanica if it is not Tragopogon pratensis. One up to Steragram. Both Salsify and Scorzonera self seed in our garden though.

I think steragram got it, I've googled it and it looks like trag pratensis and has a white line down its leaves, thanks again.

Glad its sorted. Which one were you expecting to be blue Owdboggy?

Chicory!

Lol, don't complicate it any more! had to look that one up - what a beautiful flower - but then i go for all the blue ones...

Comes in pink and white too!