In Britain it is a rare plant, restricted to moist meadows, in Dorset and Warwick in England, and in South Wales.

They were named the tyrolobibenzyls after Tyrol in the eastern Alps, where the plant was collected.

[2] It differs from goat's-beard, Tragopogon pratensis, in that it has short, pale green bracts, whereas in Goats Beard they are long and pointed.

The flower heads are 2.5 cm wide, and deep yellow in colour.

The achenes are smooth ribbed, beakless, with similar pappus to Tragopogon pratensis.