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Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. officinale
common dandelion

       
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Synonyms:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. officinale

  LELA13 Leontodon latiloba (DC.) Britton, nom. inq.  
  LETA2 Leontodon taraxacum L., nom. inq., p.p.  
  TAAT Taraxacum atroglaucum M.P. Christ.  
  TACA11 Taraxacum campylodes G.E. Haglund  
  TACR Taraxacum croceum auct. non Dahlst.  
  TACU2 Taraxacum curvidens M.P. Christ.  
  TACY Taraxacum cyclocentrum M.P. Christ.  
  TADA Taraxacum dahlstedtii Lindb. f.  
  TADA2 Taraxacum davidssonii M.P. Christ.  
  TADE Taraxacum devians Dahlst.  
  TADI4 Taraxacum dilutisquameum M.P. Christ.  
  TAFI Taraxacum firmum Dahlst.  
  TAIS Taraxacum islandiciforme Dahlst.  
  TAKO80 Taraxacum kok-saghyz auct. non Rodin  
  TALA5 Taraxacum latilobum DC., nom. inq.  
  TAOFV Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. vulgare (Lam.) Schinz & R. Keller, nom. inq.   common dandelion
  TAOFP Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. var. palustre (Lyons) Blytt p.p.  
  TAPAV Taraxacum palustre (Lyons) Symons var. vulgare (Lam.) Fernald, nom. inq.  
  TAPL Taraxacum pleniflorum M.P. Christ.  
  TARE Taraxacum retroflexum Lindb. f.  
  TARH Taraxacum rhodolepis Dahlst.  
  TAUN Taraxacum undulatum Lindb. f. & Marklund  
  TAVA2 Taraxacum vagans G.E. Haglund  
  TAVU2 Taraxacum vulgare Lam., nom. inq.  
  TAXA Taraxacum xanthostigma Lindb. f.  
 

Distribution:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. officinale

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USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. officinale

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 9 species in Taraxacum, 2 subspecies in Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.
 

Classification:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. officinale

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Taraxacum F.H. Wigg. – dandelion
Species Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. – common dandelion
Subspecies Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. officinale – common dandelion
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. officinale

Taraxacum officinale
blowball
common dandelion
dandelion
faceclock

The related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.
 

Introduced Information:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. officinale

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. officinale

Taraxacum officinale:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FACW FACU- FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU+ FACU FACU+ FACU FACU FACU FACW UPL
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. officinale

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524742.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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