Taraxacum scopulorum (A. Gray) Rydberg (Q3189)

taxon name

Taraxacum scopulorum

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taxon authority

(A. Gray) Rydberg

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

pissenlit de montagne (French)

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alpine dandelion (English)

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Alpine dandelion (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

9561

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distribution

CA-BC

present

native

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FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 19: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1019&flora_id=1

CA-AB

present

native

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FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 19: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1019&flora_id=1

CA-NT

present

native

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FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 19: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1019&flora_id=1

CA-NU

present

native

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FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 19: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1019&flora_id=1

Greenland, GL

present

native

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Böcher, T.W., B. Fredskild, K. Holmen & K. Jakobsen. 1978. Grønlands Flora. P. Haase & Søns Forlag, København. 326 pp.

Greenland

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CA-AB

Alta.

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CA-BC

B.C.

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CA-NT

N.W.T.

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CA-NU

Nunavut

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US-CO

Colo.

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US-ID

Idaho

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US-UT

Utah

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US-WY

Wyo.

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parent taxon

Taraxacum F. H. Wiggers

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taxon habit

herb

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GBIF taxon key

5394081

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

phenology

Flowering summer.

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taxon habitat

dry to drained areas

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gravel

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sand

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silt

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clay

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low organic content

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ridges

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arctic seashores

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barrens

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flood plains

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high alpine tundra

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elevation

40–3400 m

measurement range from

40 meter

measurement range to

3,400 meter

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special status

F

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E

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taxon description fragment

Plants 1–5 cm;

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d0_s0

taproots branched.

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d0_s1

Stems 1–3 (–5), ascending to erect, reddish or purplish, glabrous.

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d0_s2

Leaves fewer than 10, horizontal;

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d0_s3

petioles ± narrowly winged;

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d0_s4

blades linear-oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate (usually runcinate), (1–) 1.5–4 × 0.5–1 cm, bases attenuate, margins lobed regularly, deeply, in 3–5 (–7) pairs (occasionally dentate, rarely entire or subentire), lobes triangular, straight or often retrorse (also teeth), acute to acuminate or obtuse, teeth 0 or occasionally 1–3 on lobes (or replacing lobes), apices acuminate, faces glabrous or sparsely arachnoid-villous (particularly young).

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d0_s5

Calyculi (6–) 8–10, appressed to spreading, soon reflexed or revolute (thinner than phyllaries), pruinose, sometimes purplish (particularly adaxially), narrowly to broadly ovate bractlets in (1–) 2 series, 2.5–3.8 × 1.8–2.6 mm, margins not to ± scarious proximally, apices acuminate to broadly, shortly caudate, hornless, not callous, tips slightly scarious (purple), entire or slightly erose.

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d0_s6

Involucres dark to blackish green, pruinose, sometimes purplish, narrowly campanulate to cylindro-campanulate or cylindric, (6–) 10–12 (–14) mm.

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d0_s7

Phyllaries 8–12 in 2 series, lanceolate (outer) to ovate (inner), 1.5–3.1 mm wide, margins not scarious (outer) or broadly so, narrowing in distal 1/2 (green zone often darker marginally), apices acuminate, hornless, not callous, entire or tips slightly scarious-erose.

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d0_s8

Florets (ca. 15–) 35–50;

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d0_s9

corollas yellow (sometimes gray-striped abaxially), 7.5–8.8 × 1.3–2 mm.

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d0_s10

Cypselae pale reddish-brown or reddish-tinged or straw-colored to dark gray, bodies oblanceoloid, 2.8–3.5 mm, cones conic, 0.5–0.6 mm, beaks stout, 2.8–4.5, ribs 7 (wide) to 14 narrow (3–5 prominent), faces proximally smooth to tuberculate, muricate in distal 1/2;

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d0_s11

pappi white, 4.8–5.5 mm. 2n = 16?

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d0_s12

(as pumilum).

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d0_s13

morphology statement

whole organism

1

5

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d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

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d0_s0

root

branched

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d0_s1

atypical quantity

3

5

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d0_s2

1

3

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d0_s2

ascending

erect

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d0_s2

reddish

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d0_s2

purplish

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d0_s2

pubescence

glabrous

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d0_s2

leaf

0

10

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d0_s3

leaf

horizontal

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d0_s3

leaf petiole

winged

more or less narrowly

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d0_s4

linear-oblanceolate

narrowly oblanceolate

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d0_s5

atypical length

1

1.5

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d0_s5

length

1.5

4

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d0_s5

0.5

1

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d0_s5

inflorescence phyllaries base

attenuate

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d0_s5

lobed

regularly

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d0_s5

triangular

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d0_s5

course

straight

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d0_s5

retrorse

often

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d0_s5

acute

acuminate or obtuse

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d0_s5

acuminate

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d0_s5

pubescence

glabrous

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d0_s5

pubescence

arachnoid-villous

sparsely

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d0_s5

atypical quantity

6

8

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d0_s6

8

10

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d0_s6

appressed

spreading

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d0_s6

reflexed

soon

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d0_s6

vernation

revolute

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d0_s6

coating

pruinose

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d0_s6

purplish

sometimes

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d0_s6

inflorescence bractlet

ovate

narrowly to broadly

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d0_s6

inflorescence bractlet

length

2.5

3.8

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d0_s6

inflorescence bractlet

1.8

2.6

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d0_s6

scarious

not to more or less; proximally

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d0_s6

acuminate

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d0_s6

caudate

broadly; shortly

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d0_s6

hornless

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d0_s6

callous

not

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d0_s6

scarious

slightly

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d0_s6

entire

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d0_s6

erose

slightly

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d0_s6

dark

blackish green

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d0_s7

coating

pruinose

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d0_s7

purplish

sometimes

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d0_s7

narrowly campanulate

cylindro-campanulate or cylindric

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d0_s7

atypical some measurement

6

10

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d0_s7

atypical some measurement

12

14

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d0_s7

10

12

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d0_s7

inflorescence phyllary

8

12

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d0_s8

inflorescence phyllary

lanceolate

ovate

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d0_s8

inflorescence phyllary

1.5

3.1

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d0_s8

scarious

not

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d0_s8

broadly

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d0_s8

narrowing

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d0_s8

acuminate

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d0_s8

hornless

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d0_s8

callous

not

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d0_s8

entire

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d0_s8

relief

scarious-erose

slightly

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d0_s8

inflorescence flower floret

35

50

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d0_s9

inflorescence flower corolla

yellow

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower corolla

length

7.5

8.8

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower corolla

1.3

2

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d0_s10

fruit

reddish-tinged or straw-colored

dark gray

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d0_s11

general structure

oblanceoloid

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d0_s11

general structure

2.8

3.5

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d0_s11

cone

conic

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d0_s11

cone

0.5

0.6

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d0_s11

fruit beak

fragility

size

stout

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d0_s11

fruit beak

2.8

4.5

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d0_s11

leaf rib

7

14

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d0_s11

leaf rib

size

narrow

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d0_s11

relief

proximally smooth

tuberculate

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d0_s11

relief

muricate

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d0_s11

chromosome

16

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d0_s12

fruit pappus

white

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d0_s13

fruit pappus

4.8

5.5

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