Taraxacum pacheri

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 334

6. T. pacheri group. Leaves 3-5 cm, narrow, more or less spathulate, lobed, bright green, thin, subglabrous; lobes regular, shallow, more or less obtuse. Scapes 3-5 cm, slender, hairy just below capitulum. Capitulum 20-30 mm in diameter. Involucre 8-10 x 7-8 mm; outer bracts up to 6 mm, ovate to ovatelanceolate, black, dark green or olive-green, with more or less pale margins, erect or appressed, ecorniculate. Ligules yellow, with a brown or grey stripe. Achenes straw-coloured or brownish; body 3-4 mm, rugose in the upper part; cone short, conical; beak 1-1 i times as long as body, rather stout. In = 32. • E. Alps', mountains of S. Spain and Corse. Au Co Ga He Hs It.

3 species have been described for Europe:

T. litardieri Van Soest , Acta Bot. Neerl. 6: 416 (1957). Co Ga.

T. nevadense H. Lindb. fil. , Acta Soc. Sei. Fenn. nov. ser. B, 1(2): 172 (1932). Hs.

T. pacheri Schultz Bip. , Flora (Regensb.) 31: 170 (1848). Au HeIt.