OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Taraxacum erythrospermum   FAMILY Asteraceae_   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taraxacum laevigatum   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Taraxacum erythrospermum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)

Taraxacum officinale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Taraxacum erythrospermum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-17-001:

Taraxacum erythrospermum   FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Leontodon erythrospermum

 

COMMON NAME:
Red-seeded Dandelion


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image of Taraxacum erythrospermum, Red-seeded Dandelion

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_leer2_001_lvd

        

image of Taraxacum erythrospermum, Red-seeded Dandelion

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_t_erythrospermum_2956

March    Iredell County    NC

Leaves more deeply incised than T. officinale, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Taraxacum erythrospermum, Red-seeded Dandelion

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_t_erythrospermum_9159

March    Catawba County    NC

Nutlets reddish-brown, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Taraxacum erythrospermum, Red-seeded Dandelion

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_t_erythrospermum2956b

March    Iredell County    NC

image of Taraxacum erythrospermum, Red-seeded Dandelion

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_t_erythrospermum2956c

March    Iredell County    NC

image of Taraxacum erythrospermum, Red-seeded Dandelion

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_t_erythrospermum_2557

April    Iredell County    NC

Disc flowers absent. Ray flowers yellow and bisexual, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Taraxacum erythrospermum, Red-seeded Dandelion

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_t_erythrospermum_2625

April    Iredell County    NC

Leaves usually deeply cut throughout their length, the lobes narrow, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Taraxacum erythrospermum   FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taraxacum laevigatum   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Taraxacum erythrospermum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)
Taraxacum officinale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Taraxacum erythrospermum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-17-001:
Taraxacum erythrospermum   FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leontodon erythrospermum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3371

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, lawns, pastures, other disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Rare

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Reddish-brown
Achene

 

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