Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma (H. Lindb.) Dahlst. (Taraxacum erythrospermum group)

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Taraxacum// Section: Erythrosperma (H. Lindb.) Dahlst.

Determined as Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma Dahlst., Taraxacum erythrospermum group (aggregate) according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976). According to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Kirschner, Štepánek & Greuter, 2007+), Taraxacum erythrospermum aggr. is invalid name (status: invalid designation).

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution in Europe: Widespread in Europe (The Euro+Med PlantBase, source: Kirschner, Štepánek & Greuter, 2007+),.

Habitat:  Found typically in dry and open habitats: dry grasslands and sparse bushland, on rocks and rocky terrains with shallow soil.

Flowering period: Spring (APR, MAY).

Photographs of Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma (H. Lindb.) Dahlst. from the hilly region between the Gorge of “Kochanska” River and the Kochani landfill.

Photographs of Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma (H. Lindb.) Dahlst. from the Gorge of “Kochanska” River.

Photographs of Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma (H. Lindb.) Dahlst. from the mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska”River.

References:

Taraxacum erythrospermum aggr. Kirschner, J., Štepánek, J. & Greuter, W. (2007+): Taraxacum. – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7532829&PTRefFk=7700000 [Accessed 17.10.2021].

Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma. Kirschner, J., Štepánek, J. & Greuter, W. (2007+): Taraxacum. – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7532813&PTRefFk=7700000 [Accessed 17.10.2021].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.