Taraxacum eriopodum (D.Don) DC.


Family	ASTERACEAE
Genus species	Taraxacum eriopodum (D.Don) DC. trib. Cichorieae
Synonyms	Leontodon eriopodon D.Don
	Taraxacum wattii Hook.f.
Habitat	rocks and screes
Altitude	2000-5300m
Description	leaves glabrous or sparsely hirsute, pinnatipartite, lateral segments broad, deltate, terminal segment, large, scapes arachnose-pubescent, involucre dark green, 9-12mm wide
Size	5-12cm
Color	lemmon yellow
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	rosette
Cultivation	rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagation	seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
Territory	Asia-Temperate Middle Asia (Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan ) China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Mongolia Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Assam , East Himalaya , Nepal , Pakistan , West Himalaya)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	ASTERACEAE Taraxacum eriopodum (D.Don.) DC., Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 7(1): 147 (1838) Basionym: Leontodon eriopodon D.Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3: 413 (1820) Synonyms: Taraxacum officinale eriopoda (D.Don) Hook.f. Taraxacum wattii Hook.f. c. Asia, Afghanistan, China, Mongolia, Himalaya 32 KGZ TZK 34 AFG 36 CHC CHT 37 MON 40 ASS EHM NEP PAK WHM 2000-5300m