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Taraxacum sp.
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Hillside Park, Harare
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Arundel School Road, Harare
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| Common names: | Dandelion (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Scapes 1-40 cm, stout. Basal leaves: lamina 5-11 × 1.5-3.5 cm, oblanceolate in outline, dentate to runcinate-pinnatifid, glabrous or ± pubescent. Capitula solitary, terminal. Involucre up to c.15 × 9 mm. Phyllaries: inner up to 14 mm, linear-lanceolate with a scarious margin; outer shorter. Corolla yellow. Achenes 2.5-3 mm, pale to dark brown, oblanceolate in outline, 10-14-ribbed, antrorsely muricate or echinate above with an apical beak, 4-7 mm. Pappus setae 4-6 mm. |
| Notes: | The genus is here treated as one variable aggregate species. However, many hundreds of microspecies, which mostly arise from the apomictic method of reproduction, have been described. It is not known which of these occur in Mozambique. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Lawns, playing fields and on roadsides, preferring areas which are watered during the winter. |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native of the northern hemisphere but also occurring in Australia, and South America. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 14 December 2008 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. As Taraxacum officinale Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 28. as Taraxacum officinale sensu lato Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 212 - 214. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Taraxacum sp.BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Taraxacum sp.
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Taraxacum sp.
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