PLANTS Profile for Taraxacum californicum (California dandelion)

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Taraxacum californicum Munz & I.M. Johnst.
California dandelion

Symbol:

TACA5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Taraxacum californicum Munz & I.M. Johnst.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, San Bernadino Co., Big Bear Lake. May 23, 2004. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Taraxacum californicum Munz & I.M. Johnst.

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Distribution:
Taraxacum californicum Munz & I.M. Johnst.


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Taraxacum californicum Munz & I.M. Johnst.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 9 species in Taraxacum

Classification:
Taraxacum californicum Munz & I.M. Johnst.

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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 californicum Munz & I.M. Johnst. – California dandelion

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Taraxacum californicum Munz & I.M. Johnst.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

United States:
California taraxacum		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Taraxacum californicum Munz & I.M. Johnst.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36203.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 01:03 PM CDT