Taraxacum officinale Weber in Wiggers 1780 (Family Asteraceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-40cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial
Hermaphrodite, Flowering March - October
(Earliest: 19.2)
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Habitat: |
Meadows |
Around Buildings |
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Pollination: |
Many Apidae |
Several Ichneumonidae |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Microplitis ocellatae |
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Torymus chloromerus |
Several Pieridae |
Several Nymphalidae |
Pyrgus malvae |
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Thymelicus lineola |
Lycaena phlaeas |
Papilio machaon |
Autographa gamma |
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Euclidia glyphica |
Several Muscidae |
Many Syrphidae |
Many Empididae |
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Several Anthomyiidae |
Bibio marci |
Bellardia viarum |
Pollenia vagabunda |
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Sarcophaga carnaria |
Chrysanthia geniculata |
Oedemera virescens |
Meligethes aeneus |
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Anthaxia salicis |
Rhagonycha fulva |
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Seed Dispersal: |
Wind |
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Parasites: |
Ramularia taraxaci |
Ensina sonchi Larva (Flower Gall) |
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Herbivores: |
Columbidae |
Several Geometridae Larva |
Several Arctiidae |
Autographa gamma Larva |
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Lacanobia oleracea |
Celypha rosaceana Larva |
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Florivores: |
Protaetia cuprea |
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Sapivores: |
Lygocoris pabulinus |
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Granivores: |
Fringillidae |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Common Dandelion
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