Taraxacum fulvum

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 : 340

26. T. fulvum group. Leaves 5-18 cm, bright green, horizontal or erecto-patent, with deep narrow lobes; petiole unwinged, green or purple. Scapes 5-15 cm, ascending or erect, often purplish. Capitulum 20-40 mm in diameter. Involucre 7-12 x 5-9 mm; outer bracts up to 6 mm, green, often with paler margins, recurved to appressed, usually corniculate. Ligules short, wide, pale yellow. Achenes reddish- or pinkish-brown; body 2-5-3-5 mm, narrow, shortlyspinulose; cone long-cylindrical; beak 5-8 mm, rather stout, often white. Apomictic. Dry places. • N., W. & C. Europe. Au Be Br Co Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hs Is It No Rs (B) Su.

13 species have been described. The following have a relatively wide distribution:

T. fulviforme Dahlst. , Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Is. 6: 775 (1923). In = 32. Be Br Co Ga.

T. fulvum Raunk. , Dansk Ekskurs.-Fl. ed. 2, 258 (1906) (Г. brachycranum (Dahlst.) Dahlst.). 2« = 32. Be Br Co Cz Da Fe Ga Ge He Ho No Rs (B) Su.

T. glauciniforme Dahlst. , Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Is. 8: 620 (1929). Be Br Ga Hb Ho.

T. oxoniense Dahlst. , op. cit. 6: 776 (1923) ( T. helvicarpum Dahlst. ). 2« = 32. Au Be Br Co Ga Hb He Ho It No.