Taraxacum scariosum(Tausch) Kirschner & Štěpánek

WFO wfo-0001043267 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Taraxacum scariosum, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. a Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205769910
Taraxacum scariosum, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. b Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204586718
Taraxacum scariosum, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. c Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149555908
Taraxacum scariosum, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. d Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147277713
Taraxacum scariosum, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. e Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143813054
Taraxacum scariosum, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. f Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203173347
Taraxacum scariosum, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. g Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201472791
Taraxacum scariosum, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. h Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205159675

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Taraxacum scariosum is native: Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet, Tuva, West Siberia AltayBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKazakhstanKrasnoyarskManchuriaMongoliaTibetTuvaWest Siberia
Native distribution of Taraxacum scariosum, 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
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Tibet CHT
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 8 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 scariosus Tausch
  • Taraxacum asiaticum Dahlst.
  • Taraxacum asiaticum f. asiaticum
  • Taraxacum asiaticum var. asiaticum
  • Taraxacum asiaticum var. lonchophyllum Kitag.
  • Taraxacum commixtiforme Soest
  • Taraxacum printzii Dahlst.
  • Taraxacum stenolobum Stschegl.

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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