Taraxacum erythrospermumAndrz. ex Besser

WFO wfo-0000020721 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Taraxacum erythrospermum, photographed by Violet T.
fig. a Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-03 / obs. 199839295
Taraxacum erythrospermum, photographed by Violet T.
fig. b Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199835954
Taraxacum erythrospermum, photographed by Adrienne van den Beemt
fig. c Adrienne van den Beemt, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192529760
Taraxacum erythrospermum, photographed by Violet T.
fig. d Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199833976
Taraxacum erythrospermum, photographed by Violet T.
fig. e Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190753912
Taraxacum erythrospermum, photographed by Jeff Clark
fig. f Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190765201
Taraxacum erythrospermum, photographed by Violet T.
fig. g Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189739819
Taraxacum erythrospermum, photographed by Mark G
fig. h Mark G, CC0 1.0 / obs. 188782779

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Taraxacum erythrospermum is native: Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Tuva, West Siberia, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AltayBuryatiyaChitaIrkutskKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMongoliaNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTuvaWest SiberiaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyHungaryItalyKrymNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Taraxacum erythrospermum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Leontodon erythrospermum (Andrz. ex Besser) Eichw.
  • Leontodon laevigatus Willd.
  • Taraxacum austriacum Soest
  • Taraxacum austriacum var. austriacum
  • Taraxacum erythrospermum subsp. erythrospermum
  • Taraxacum erythrospermum var. erythrospermum
  • Taraxacum laevigatum (Willd.) DC.
  • Taraxacum laevigatum f. laevigatum
  • Taraxacum laevigatum subsp. laevigatum
  • Taraxacum laevigatum var. erythrospermum (Andrz.) J.Weiss
  • Taraxacum laevigatum var. laevigatum
  • Taraxacum officinale var. erythrospermum (Andrz.) Bab.
  • Taraxacum punctatum A.J.Richards
  • Taraxacum slovacum Klášt.
  • Therogeron disseminatum G.E.Haglund

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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