Taraxacum phymatocarpum

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

4. T. phymatocarpum group. Dwarf, glabrous plants. Leaves 2-7 cm, narrowly spathulate, entire to shallowly triangular- lobed, bright green. Scapes 4-10 cm. Capitulum 15-25 mm in diameter. Involucre 10-15 x 6-12 mm; outer bracts up to 6 mm, ovate, greyish-green to nearly black with paler margins, appressed, sometimes shortly corniculate. Ligules short, wide, white or yellow with a grey, violet or purple stripe. Achenes blackish; body 4-5-5 mm, spinulose; cone short, conical; beak stout, shorter to slightly longer than body. Apomictic. Arctic Europe', Alps. Au He No Rs (N) Sb.

T. phymatocarpum J. Vahl , FI. Dan. 13(39): t. 2298 (1840) occurs only in Greenland and Alaska.

4 species have been described for Europe:

T. arcticuin (Trautv.) Dahlst. , Ark. Bot. 2(8): 8 (1905) ( T. phymatocarpum auct. eur., non J. Vahl). Rs (N) Sb.

T.dovrense (Dahlst.) Dahlst. , Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. ser. 3, 6(3): 56 (1928). • No.

T. handelii J. Murr , Allgem. Bot. Zeitschr. 1904: 71 (1904) (Г. officinale subsp. handelii (J. Murr) Hegi ). • Au He.

T. reichenbachii Huter ex Dahlst. , Ark. Bot. 7(1): 3 (1908) ( T. officinale subsp. reichenbachii (Huter ex Dahlst.) Hegi ). • Au.