Genus: Taraxacum — dandelion

Some taxonomists have divided up the genus Taraxacum into many different species based upon small distinctions, but in this key a smaller number of species is recognized. References: Fernald (1933), Brouillet (2006).

Family

Asteraceae (aster family)

This genus’s species in New England

• Taraxacum laevigatum
• Taraxacum latilobum
• Taraxacum officinale
• Taraxacum palustre

Visit this genus in the Dichotomous Key

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