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)

Habitat:
Meadows

Around Buildings
Pollination:
Many Apidae

Several Ichneumonidae

Several Tenthredinidae

Microplitis ocellatae

Torymus chloromerus

Several Pieridae

Several Nymphalidae

Pyrgus malvae

Thymelicus lineola

Lycaena phlaeas

Papilio machaon

Autographa gamma

Euclidia glyphica

Several Muscidae

Many Syrphidae

Many Empididae

Several Anthomyiidae

Bibio marci

Bellardia viarum

Pollenia vagabunda

Sarcophaga carnaria

Chrysanthia geniculata

Oedemera virescens

Meligethes aeneus

Anthaxia salicis

Rhagonycha fulva
Seed Dispersal: Wind
Parasites:
Ramularia taraxaci

Ensina sonchi Larva
(Flower Gall)
Herbivores:
Columbidae

Several Geometridae Larva

Several Arctiidae

Autographa gamma Larva

Lacanobia oleracea

Celypha rosaceana Larva
Florivores:
Protaetia cuprea
Sapivores:
Lygocoris pabulinus
Granivores:
Fringillidae

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Common Dandelion


Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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