Calflora: Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale

Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. officinale

common dandelion

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is not native to California.


Family:	ASTERACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Taraxacum found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Taraxacum officinale.

Accepted by PLANTS

Other Names:

PLANTS:	Leontodon latiloba
PLANTS:	Taraxacum latilobum
PLANTS:	Taraxacum officinale ssp. vulgare
PLANTS:	Taraxacum officinale var. palustre
PLANTS:	Taraxacum palustre var. vulgare
PLANTS:	Taraxacum pleniflorum
PLANTS:	Taraxacum retroflexum
PLANTS:	Taraxacum rhodolepis
PLANTS:	Taraxacum undulatum
PLANTS:	Taraxacum vagans
PLANTS:	Taraxacum vulgare
PLANTS:	Taraxacum kok-saghyz
PLANTS:	Taraxacum islandiciforme
PLANTS:	Taraxacum firmum
PLANTS:	Leontodon taraxacum
PLANTS:	Taraxacum atroglaucum
PLANTS:	Taraxacum campylodes
PLANTS:	Taraxacum croceum
PLANTS:	Taraxacum curvidens
PLANTS:	Taraxacum cyclocentrum
PLANTS:	Taraxacum dahlstedtii
PLANTS:	Taraxacum davidssonii
PLANTS:	Taraxacum devians
PLANTS:	Taraxacum dilutisquameum
PLANTS:	Taraxacum xanthostigma

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Distribution by County:

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale from other sources:

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website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (TAOFO)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database