Taraxacum obliquum

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 338

23. T. obliquum group. Leaves 3-8 cm, narrow, short, lobed to much dissected, bright or dark green, rather thick, glabrous, horizontal; lobes 6-8 on each side, short, patent, entire, obtuse, interspersed with similar lobules; petiole short, narrow. Scapes 3-10 cm, more or less equalling the leaves, glabrous, purple, ascending. Involucre 8-10 x 7-10 mm; outer bracts dark green, with a pale margin, appressed, slightly corniculate. Ligules short, often involute, golden yellow with a reddish-purple stripe. Achenes pale brown; body 2-5-3 mm, spinulose in the upper part; cone c. 1 mm, conical-cylindrical; beak5-8 mm. Apomictic. • N. Europe. Br Da Ge Ho No Rs (B) Su.

2 species have been described:

T. obliquum (Fries) Dahlst. , Bot. Not. 1905: 192 (1905). 2л = 24. Br Da Ge Ho No Su.

T. platyglossum Raunk. , Dansk Ekskurs.-Fl. ed. 2, 256 (1906) ( T. obliquum subsp. platyglossum (Raunk.) Nordh. ). Br Da Ge No Rs (B) Su.