| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Taraxacum leucanthum (Ledeb.) Ledeb. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Ross. 2: 815 (1846) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to Siberia and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 1000-4700m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves linear, obtuse, entire to denticulate or lobate, petiole rose, scapes thin, longer than leaves, capitula 2-3cm, ligules purple striped |
| Size | 4-10cm |
| Color | white-yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C |
| Synonyms | Leontodon leucanthus Ledeb. Taraxacum bicolor DC. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, YAK Yakutskiya) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 37 Mongolia |