Asteraceae
Taraxacum

Taraxacum scaturiginosum G.E.Haglund

First published in Ark. Bot. 26A(5): 26 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Europe to N. Iraq. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Morphology General Habit
Plants ± glabrous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves narrow, shortly lobed, terminal lobe elongate; petiole red
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
Involucre dark green; outer phyllaries ± ovate, loosely appressed, broadly white- or greenish- margined
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corollas yellow; pollen present; style arms dark grey to blackish
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes 2.8–3.8 mm long, stramineous, pyramid 1–1.7 mm, beak c. 7–8 mm; pappus pure white, c. 6 mm.
Ecology
Damp places in the mountains; alt. to ± 2500 m;
Phenology
flowering & fruiting: Mar.-Jun.
Distribution
Rare in Iraq; only found once in the central sector of the montane-forest zone. C & S Europe (Switzerland, Poland, Italy, Serbia, Albania, Greece), Turkey.
[FIQ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0