Taraxacum bessarabicum (Hornem.) Hand.-mazz.

Pissenlit de Bessarabie (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Taraxacum

Characteristics

Acaulescent, perennial herb, 0.13 m high, with milky latex. Leaves rosulate, up to 100 mm long, narrowly oblong in outline, pinnately lobed, lobes 4 or 5 on each side, triangular, apex blunt, patent or slightly recurved, all margins entire; petioles short, not winged. Capitula ligulate, solitary, terminal, pedunculate. Peduncle hollow; involucral bracts in 2 rows, inner row erect, outer row shorter, also erect, ± 3.5 mm long. Florets yellow. Flowering time Dec., Jan. Pappus of many, buff-coloured, barbellate bristles. Cypselae buff-coloured, conical, ribbed, with a long beak.
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Leaves up to 10 cm long, narrowly oblong in outline, lobes 4-5, triangular, tips blunt, patent or slightly recurved, upper margins slightly convex, all margins entire, petiole short, not winged. Scapes up to 13 cm long in fruit, white woolly, glabrescent. Heads narrow, c. 2 cm across when fully expanded. Inner involucral bracts 9-10 mm long, margins white-membranous, outer bracts c. 3.5 x 1 mm, appressed. Ligules yellow. Style branches yellow, pollen present. Achenes buff-coloured, 3.5 mm long, cone 0.5-0.75 mm, beak 4.25-5.25 mm. Pappus buff-coloured.
Acaulescent perennial herb. Leaves up to 100 mm long, narrowly oblong in outline, lobes 4 or 5, triangular, tips blunt, patent or slightly recurved, all margins entire, petiole short, not winged. Outer involucral bracts ± 3.5 mm long, erect. Flowers yellow.
A herb. It grows 8-17 cm tall. The leaves tend to lie along the ground. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 8-18 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. There can be teeth or lobes along the edge. The flower heads are 1-2 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread anemochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.11 - 0.15
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in wet, salty meadows and pastures between 400-2,000 m above sea level in north China.
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Not known
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The flowers are eaten raw or cooked. The flowers are used to make a tea.
Uses tea
Edible flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Taraxacum bessarabicum world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, France, Croatia, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Moldova (Republic of), Mongolia, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:252873-1
WFO ID wfo-0000032464
COL ID 7BKXY
BDTFX ID 66807
INPN ID 125519
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Synonyms

Taraxacum bessarabicum Leontodon bessarabicus Taraxacum microcephalum Leontodon bessarabicus Taraxacum fulvipilis Taraxacum erythrospermum var. bessarabicum