Dandelion agg. - Taraxacum officinale agg.
There are around 200 similar microspecies of the Dandelion genus in Britain, which really require an expert to identify them. Our illustrations are shown to represent the group. They have milky latex, and a basal rosette of leaves, lobed or unlobed. Flowerheads usually yellow, solitary borne on hollow scape (stem). Fruit a large and conspicuous clock.
Various, but usually preferring moist, grassy places.
Generally March to October.
Perennial.
Very common in Britain.
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland as a group or aggregate.
 footpath near to Home Barn Farm Sapcote SP 4900 9197 (taken 7.5.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
07 May 2008 Leicester Road Sapcote SP 4929 9342 (taken 28.3.2006),,.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
28 March 2006
Mike Higgott
Anstey, North Wood 3
08 May 2023
David Nicholls
Cloud Wood
04 May 2015
Dylan
Buckminster
30 April 2023
Dandelion agg.
David Nicholls
Groby Pool
10 May 2008
 footpath near to Home Barn Farm Sapcote SP 4900 9197 (taken 7.5.2008).JPG)
 Leicester Road Sapcote SP 4929 9342 (taken 28.3.2006),,.JPG)
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Species profile
- Common names
- Dandelion
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Asterales
- Family:
- Asteraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 887
- First record:
- 11/05/1992 (John Mousley;Steve Grover)
- Last record:
- 10/04/2024 (axon, kaye)
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Kaye Lou
Glen Parva, EMAS Allotments
23 June 2022
Barbara Cooper
Grantham canal
19 May 2013 in a field along the Old Fosse (taken 15.4.2009).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
15 April 2009
Barbara Cooper
Holwell
15 April 2013
David Nicholls
Ratby Village Pond
05 May 2011
David Nicholls
Cloud Wood
04 May 2015
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
12 May 2012
Barbara Cooper
Holwell Nature Reserve
17 May 2012
Craig Mabbett
Shawell, Gibbet Lane
17 June 2023
David Nicholls
Glenfield, Clanfelde Hills
19 May 2023 papus Church Walk Sapcote SP 4894 9320 (taken 9.5.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
09 May 2008
 in a field along the Old Fosse (taken 15.4.2009).JPG)
 papus Church Walk Sapcote SP 4894 9320 (taken 9.5.2008).JPG)
Liriomyza taraxaci
The larvae of the fly Liriomyza taraxaci mine the leaves of Dandelion, Sow-thistle species and Autumn Hawkbit. They form small, irregular, elongated blotch mines with little frass inside.