PLANTS Profile for Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion)

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PLANTS Profile

Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.
common dandelion

Symbol:

TAOF

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		NI
AK		NI
HI		I
PR		I
CAN		NI
GL		NI
SPM		I

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Photo of Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.

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Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.

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Distribution:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 9 species in Taraxacum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Taraxacum officinale ssp. ceratophorum
common dandelion

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale
common dandelion

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.

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	Taraxacum F.H. Wigg. – dandelion
Species	Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. – common dandelion

U.S. Weed Information:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.

blowball
common dandelion
dandelion
faceclock

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS		Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.

Introduced Information:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACW

FACU-

FACU

FACU+

FACU

FACU+

FACU

FACW

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36213.

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

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Related Web Sites:
Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.

Arizona: abstract & image of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Manitoba Agriculture - Weeds in Crop Production: abstract & images

Purdue University, Botany Department: no-till abstract & images

Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food: weed identification

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 11:17 AM MDT