PLANTS Profile for Leontodon taraxacoides ssp. taraxacoides (lesser hawkbit)

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Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat ssp. taraxacoides
lesser hawkbit

Symbol:

LETAT

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat ssp. taraxacoides

Apargia nudicaulis

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 310. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat ssp. taraxacoides

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Synonyms:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat ssp. taraxacoides

APNU	Apargia nudicaulis (L.) Britton
LEHI4	Leontodon hirtus auct. non L.	rough hawkbit
LELE4	Leontodon leysseri (Wallr.) G. Beck
LENU2	Leontodon nudicaulis (L.) Banks ex Schinz & R. Keller
LENUT	Leontodon nudicaulis (L.) Banks ex Schinz & R. Keller ssp. taraxacoides (Vill.) Schinz & Thell.

Distribution:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat ssp. taraxacoides


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USA (AL, AZ, CA, CT, DC, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI), CAN (BC, ON)

Related Taxa:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat ssp. taraxacoides

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 4 species in Leontodon, 2 subspecies in Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat

Classification:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat ssp. taraxacoides

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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	Leontodon L. – hawkbit
Species	Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat – lesser hawkbit
Subspecies	Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat ssp. taraxacoides – lesser hawkbit

Introduced Information:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat ssp. taraxacoides

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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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.

Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat ssp. taraxacoides

Leontodon leysseri:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

FACU

UPL

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat ssp. taraxacoides

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 525050.

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 05:55 PM CDT