| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Taraxacum scopulorum (A.Gray) Rydb. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Mem. New. York Bot. Gard. 1: 455 (1900) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 40-3400m |
| Description | leaves linear-oblanceolate, runcinate, regularly lobate, lobes triangular, acute, entire, glabrous, involucre dark to blackish green, phyllaries lanceolate, acuminate |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | 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 rupestris (Greene) Rydb. Leontodon scopulorum (A.Gray) Rydb. Taraxacum officinale var. scopulorum A.Gray Taraxacum rupestre Greene Taraxacum taraxacum var. scopulorum (A.Gray) A.Heller |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |