Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Taraxacum scopulorum (A.Gray) Rydb. trib. Cichorieae |
Synonyms | Taraxacum rupestre Greene |
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 | rosette, tuft |
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 |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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