PLANTS Profile for Leontodon taraxacoides (lesser hawkbit)

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PLANTS Profile

Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat
lesser hawkbit

Symbol:

LETA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

More Information:

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Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat

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Distribution:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AZ, CA, CT, DC, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI), CAN (BC, ON)

Related Taxa:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 4 species in Leontodon or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Leontodon taraxacoides ssp. longirostris
lesser hawkbit

Leontodon taraxacoides ssp. taraxacoides
lesser hawkbit

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Leontodon L. – hawkbit
Species	Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat – lesser hawkbit

Introduced Information:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat

Leontodon leysseri [=LETAT]:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

UPL,FACU

FACU

UPL

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Mérat

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37888.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 01:21 PM MDT