| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Taraxacum croceum Dahlst. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 26(3; 1): 12 (1900) |
| Native Range | n. & ne. Europe to Central Asia, Subarctic America to e. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | taproot, leaves wide, in outline oblanceolate, shallowly pinnate, glabrous, acute, capitula solitary, 25-40mm across, involucre green, glabrous, achenes red |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | dark 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 | Taraxacum alukense R.Doll Taraxacum ambigens Fernald Taraxacum asperum M.P.Christ Taraxacum atroglaucum M.P.Christ. Taraxacum bercheriense Druce Taraxacum brachylobum M.P.Christ. Taraxacum brevilobum M.P.Christ. Taraxacum ceratolobum Dahlst. Taraxacum croceum ssp. repletum Dahlst. Taraxacum croceum var. repletum (Dahlst.) Tzvelev Taraxacum curvidens M.P.Christ. Taraxacum davidssonii M.P.Christ. Taraxacum dilutisquameum M.P.Christ. Taraxacum galeipotens M.P.Christ. Taraxacum lapponicum Kihlm. Taraxacum latispinulosum M.P.Christ. Taraxacum naevosum Dahlst. Taraxacum officinale var. lapponicum Kihlm. Taraxacum pleniflorum M.P.Christ. Taraxacum scabrum M.P.Christ. Taraxacum subsimile Dahlst. Taraxacum torngatense Fernald |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec) |