Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Taraxacum erythrospermum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Red-seeded Dandelion at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taraxacum laevigatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Taraxacum erythrospermum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)
Taraxacum officinale
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Taraxacum erythrospermum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-17-001:
Taraxacum erythrospermum FAMILY Asteraceae_
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leontodon erythrospermum
COMMON NAME:
Red-seeded Dandelion
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_leer2_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_t_erythrospermum_2956
March Iredell County NC
Leaves more deeply incised than T. officinale, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_t_erythrospermum_9159
March Catawba County NC
Nutlets reddish-brown, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_t_erythrospermum2956b
March Iredell County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_t_erythrospermum2956c
March Iredell County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_t_erythrospermum_2557
April Iredell County NC
Disc flowers absent. Ray flowers yellow and bisexual, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
Dandelions and Dandelion-like species
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_t_erythrospermum_2625
April Iredell County NC
Leaves usually deeply cut throughout their length, the lobes narrow, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Taraxacum erythrospermum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taraxacum laevigatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Taraxacum erythrospermum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)
Taraxacum officinale
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Taraxacum erythrospermum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-17-001:
Taraxacum erythrospermum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leontodon erythrospermum
3371
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, lawns, pastures, other disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Reddish-brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p133
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p383
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p177
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