TARAXACUM VULGARE
Author:
Franz von Paula von Schrank, 1786
Family:
ASTERACEAE
Origin:
Albania, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Islands, Corse, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia
Elevation:
Publisher:
–
Collection number:
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Thickness:
3,5 centimetres
Height:
30 centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Roots
CITES:
Synonyms:
Chondrilla taraxacum, Stokes.
Crepis taraxacum, Stokes.
Leontodon officinalis, J.F.Gmel.
Leontodon taraxacum, L.
Leontodon taraxacum var. vulgare, Benth.
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Leontodon vulgaris, Lam.
Taraxacum dens-leonis, Desf.
Taraxacum officinale, F.H.Wigg.
Taraxacum officinale subsp. vulgare, Schinz & R.Keller.
Taraxacum palustre var. vulgare, Fernald
Taraxacum taraxacum, H.Karst.
The genera name derives possibly from the Arabic Tharakhchakon, or from the Greek Tarraxos. The species name means 'common'. Some may argue it is not a caudiciform, but I'm sure it would be in many collections, if it was rare or extinct in the wild. In general, I have avoided rare plants in my collection, if I could get common caudiciform members of the same family. Spread well around the world. Close-up of flower. A higher form. Can get even higher when in the shadows. Close-up of seeds.
Flower
Bright Yellow
Soil
Anything
Water
Minimum - Maximum
Sun
Minimum - Maximum