Taraxacum spectabile

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

12. T. spectabile group. Leaves 5-25 cm, entire or shallowly lobed, dull green, often dark-spotted, hairy, sometimes horizontal; petioles narrow, usually purplish. Scapes 3-30 cm, stout, ascending, often purplish, often glabrous. Capitulum 35-45 mm in diameter. Involucre 15-25 x 15-20 mm; outer bracts ovate to lanceolate, sometimes purplish with a narrow, pale margin, appressed, ecorniculate. Ligules wide, bright deep yellow, with a red or purple stripe. Achenes straw-coloured; body 4-5-5 mm, oblong, smooth or slightly tuberculate; cone 0-2-0-6 mm, stout, conical; beak 7-9 mm, rather stout. Apomictic. Wet places. N. & W. Europe. Br Da Fa Hb Hs Is No Su.

38 species have been described for Europe, mainly from Fennoscandia and N.W. Europe. The following have a relatively wide distribution:

T. eximium Dahlst. , Ark. Bot. 12(2): 30 (1912). 2л = 40. • Br No Su.

T. faeroense (Dahlst.) Dahlst. , Bergens Mus. Aarb. 1923- 1924(6): 12 (1925). 2л = 40. • Br Fa Hb Is No Su.

T. reclinatum M. P. Christiansen in Rosenvinge et al., Bot. Iceland 3(3): 293 (1942). • Br Is No.

T. spectabile Dahlst. , Bot. Not. 1905: 159 (1905) ( T. cimbricum Wiinst. , T. crispifrons M. P. Christiansen , T. dilutiroseum M. P. Christiansen , T. subspectabile M. P. Christiansen ). 2л = 40. Br Da Fa Fe Hb Is No Su.