Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Taraxacum officinale
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may find it helpful to read Dandelions, True or False? by Jan Haldeman.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Taraxacum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-17-002:
Taraxacum officinale
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leontodon taraxacum
COMMON NAME:
Common Dandelion
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JK Marlow jkm0303x_16
March Greenville County SC
Leaves all at the base and cut into sharp, backward-pointing lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm110320_100
March Pickens County SC
Hagood Mill
Disc flowers absent. Ray flowers yellow and bisexual, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
Dandelions and Dandelion-like species
JK Marlow jkm110320_106
March Pickens County SC
Hagood Mill
Each scape is hollow and bears a single flower head, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm0404b_06
April Greenville County SC
Leaves numerous in a basal rosette, deeply pinnatisect to barely lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0404b_06b
April Greenville County SC
Outer involucral bracts are reflexed and about as long as inner bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray flowers only (no disc)
JK Marlow jkm0404o_36
April Greenville County SC
Single yellow flowers at the ends of long, smooth, hollow stalks, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses.
JK Marlow jkm080410_016
April Lexington County SC
Parking lot
Fruits olive-brown achenes, pappus a tuft of white hairlike bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Tim Spira tpstaraxacum_frtinghead3
April
Olive-brown achenes are tapered at both ends, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Taraxacum officinale
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-17-002:
Taraxacum officinale
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leontodon taraxacum