This Salsify, unlike the Yellow Salsify to follow, has a seed head about the size of a pingpong ball.  The Yellow is closer to softball size.  I prefer another common name for this plant, Field Salsify.  If you see a field on small dandelion seed heads it is probably this plant.

False salsify (Scorzonera laciniata) (Introduced)

False salsify (Scorzonera laciniata) (Introduced)

False salsify (Scorzonera laciniata) (Introduced)

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