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Purple-bracted dandelion

Taraxacum brachyglossum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 121, February 90, March 140, April 221, May 318, June 347, July 371, August 319, September 234, October 175, November 96, December 75.
United States2,515
Alaska2,507
Oregon4
United Kingdom3
England3
New Mexico2
Vermont2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genusdandelions · Taraxacum

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Practise Purple-bracted dandelion with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.