Taraxacum obovatum

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 : 335

9. T. obovatum group. Leaves 5-10 cm, obovate, entire or shallowly lobed, dark green, glabrous, horizontal; petiole short, wide, green. Scapes 5-10 cm, slender, lanate, glabrescent. Capitulum 25-30 mm in diameter. Involucre 5-9 x 7-10 mm; outer bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, slightly glaucous with a more or less pale margin, erect, shortly corniculate. Ligules yellow with a grey stripe. Achenes grey, cream, brownish or red; body 3-5-4 mm, strongly rugose; cone 0-5 mm, conical; beak 4-7 mm, stout. Apomictic. 2« = 32. S.W. Europe, extending eastwards to Sicilia. BI Co Ga Hs It Lu Sa Si.

2 species have been described for Europe:

T. leucospermum Jordan, Cat. Jard. Dijon 31 (1848) ( T. officinale subsp. leucospermum (Jordan) P. Foum. ). • Ga.

T. obovatum (Willd.) DC. , Mém. Soc. Agric. Paris 11: 83 (1809) ( T. taraxacoides subsp. obovatum (Willd.) Willk. ). BI Co Ga Hs It Lu Sa Si.