| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Hypochaeris taraxacoides (Ball trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 48 (1885) |
| Native Range | ne. Colombia to nw. Argentina to n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3300-5200m |
| Description | leaves lanceolate or oblong, pinnatifid to lobate, glabrous, at base attenuate, capitula pedicellate, involucre cylindrical, bracts 4-seriate, lanceolate, rounded, ciliate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white, bluish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Achyrophorus stenocephala A.Gray ex Wedd. Achyrophorus taraxacoides (Ball) Walp. Achyrophorus taraxacifolius (Meyen & Walp.) Sch.Bip. Hypochaeris stenocephala (A.Gray ex Wedd.) Kuntze Hypochaeris stenocephala var. integrifolia Kuntze Hypochaeris stenocephala var. taraxacoides (Ball) Kuntze Oreophila taraxacifolia Meyen & Walp. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |