Taraxacum sect. Taraxacum
Taraxacum sect. Taraxacum F.H.Wigg.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 51 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Asteraceae
Formerly Chondrilla taraxacum, Crepis taraxacum, Leontodon officinalis, Leontodon taraxacum, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Macaronesia, Europe to Siberia, NW. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 51 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 30 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: light, water, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
Where this comes from
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- 3D model: Taraxacum sect. Taraxacum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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