Taraxacum ceratophorum |
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horned dandelion |
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Habit | Plants 3–30+ cm. |
Stems | glabrous or sparsely villous. |
Leaves | narrowly lanceolate to linear-oblong, 2–20+ × 0.5–4 cm; margins dentate to pinnately or irregularly lobed; surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes villous proximally, sessile to petiolate and winged. |
Involucres | 8–18 mm; surfaces glabrous. |
Florets | 35–80+; ligules 12–25 mm, yellow. |
Phyllaries | 10–15, usually with small; knob-like or horn-like projections at tips; outer erect; < inner. |
Fruits | bodies 2.5–4 mm, tan to brown or olive; ribs ~15; beaks 4.5–14 mm; pappus bristles white. |
2n | =16, 32, 40, 48. |
Taraxacum ceratophorum |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Moist rocky slopes, wet meadows, early snow-melt areas. Flowering Mar–Oct. 0–1800 m. BW, Col, CR, ECas, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, northeast to Greenland, southeast to NM. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 361 Kenton Chambers |
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Synonyms | Taraxacum paucisquamosum |
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