Tragopogon dubius Scop., in Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 95 (1771) (syn: Tragopogon major subsp. dubius (Scop.) Nyman ; Tragopogon pratensis subsp. dubius (Scop.) Gaut.; Hieracium majus E.H.L.Krause ; Tragopogon afghanicus Rech.f. & Köie ; Tragopogon baylei Lecoq & Lamotte ; Tragopogon campestris Besser ; Tragopogon elatus Salisb. ; Tragopogon livescens Besser ; Tragopogon major var. pommaretii (F.W.Schultz) Rouy ; Tragopogon minor Billot ex Nyman ; Tragopogon pommaretii F.W.Schultz ; Tragopogon porrifolius Pall. ex M.Bieb. ; Tragopogon tauricus Klokov);
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Europe to Xinjiang and Himalaya: Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang; Introduced into: Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Free State, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Sweden, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon as per POWO;
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Common name: Yellow Salsify, Western Goatsbeard, Greater Sand Goatsbeard, Yellow Goatsbeard
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Tragopogon kashmirianus- Pahalgam: 10 images.
Clicked on 6.7.26 in Pahalgam (7200 ft.), Jammu and Kashmir.
I would have been delighted if you discovered Tragopogon kashmirianus in Pahalgam, but I am afraid your plant is T. dubius
Better luck next time
I guess you are right
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References:
POWO GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China Flowers of India Wikipedia Useful Tropical Plants iNaturalist