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Photographer: Dan Tenaglia
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Family Asteraceae
Taraxacum laevigatum (Willd.) DC.
red-seeded dandelion, rock dandelion
Taraxacum: medieval name traceable through Arabic to the Persian talkh chakok, meaning "bitter herb"
laevigatum: smooth, free from hairs or roughness
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | mostly erect, perennial, 2"-12" tall forb with milky juice |
| Flower: | head 1" wide with only yellow ray flowers; inflorescence a single head on a long, hollow stalk from the base of the plant; blooms April-Nov. |
| Fruit: | reddish, dry seed on a fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | basal, deeply pinnately-divided into narrow lobes, end lobe usually not larger than others |
| Habitat: | fields, lawns, disturbed sites |
| (Glossary) |
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