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Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers

Common dandelion, Blowball, Dandelion, Faceclock
Asteraceae (Aster Family)

USDA Symbol: TAOF
USDA Native Status: Native and Introduced

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Specimen & Label Data

Taraxacum officinale

Common Dandelion

Asteraceae

Location: N of Oakwell Farms Pky, behind #85 Granburg Circle--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.
 Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Damp, alkaline, alluvial soil. Full sun. Among Lonicera & under leafless Quercus texana. Ubiquitous.

Description: Winter annual with deep taproots. Leaves crowded in basal rosette, to 20 cm, pinnatifid. Stems scapose (multiple), 3-20 cm tall. Blooms come in short stature, scape growing progressively to fruit stage. Corolla yellow, rays 5-toothed. No disk florets. Fruits plumose--a puff ball.

County: Bexar
 Collector: Harry Cliffe
 Collection Date: Jan 12, 1994
 Specimen number: 517

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
 Herbarium ID: 0778
 Accession Date: May 26, 1994
 Accession Number: 58

Annotations: (In flower & fruit) SCFRB

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