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Leontodon taraxacoides - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Esposende, Braga, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Leontodon taraxacoides - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Afife, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Leontodon taraxacoides - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Afife, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Leontodon taraxacoides - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Esposende, Braga, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Leontodon taraxacoides - Habit of tree in flower - Click to enlarge!

Habit of tree in flower; Afife, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Leontodon taraxacoides - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Esposende, Braga, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 905
Date of entry: 23.08.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Lesser Hawkbit

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Leontodon (1)

            Epithet: taraxacoides (Vill.) Merat (1)

Synonyms: Hyoseris taraxacoides Vill., Leontodon leysseri (Wallr.) Beck, Leontodon nudicaule (L.) Banks

nudicaule => naked stem

taraxacoides => resembling Taraxacum, the Dandelion

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Leontodon taraxacoides at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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