Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Taraxacum

Family:

Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)

Subfamily:

Cichorioideae

Tribe:

Cichorieae

Subtribe:

Crepidinae

Nomen number:

80051

Place of publication:

Prim. fl. holsat. 56. 1780

Comment:

[used here in an aggregate sense for all of T. sect. Taraxacum (formerly sect. Ruderalia)]

Verified:

01/30/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Leontodon taraxacum L.
Taraxacum vulgare Schrank

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Taraxacum dens-leonis Desf.

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Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes. Note: treats as Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45 Note: = Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg.
Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber ex F. H. Wigg.
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables
Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber ex F. H. Wigg.
Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 277.
Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen Note: treats as Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: treats as Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: treats as Taraxacum spp. aggr.
Fernald, M. L. 1948. The name Taraxacum officinale. Rhodora 50:216. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: = Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Greuter, W. et al., eds. 2000. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code) 361. Note: = Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg.
Grubov, V. I. 2001. Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia
Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: treats as Taraxacum spp. aggr.
Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber ex F. H. Wigg.
Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York.
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale). Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber ex F. H. Wigg.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75 Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
Kirschner, J. & J. Štěpánek. 2011. Typification of Leontodon taraxacum L. (Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg.) and the generic name Taraxacum: a review and a new typification proposal. Taxon 60:216-220.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg.
Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: = Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg.
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber ex F. H. Wigg.
Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos.
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):475.
Pearson, R. C. 1988. Compendium of grape diseases. The disease compendium series. 51.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980-. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
Shinners, L. H. 1949. Nomenclature of species of dandelion and goatsbeard (Taraxacum and Tragopogon) introduced into Texas. Field & Lab. 17:13-15.
Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: = Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg.
Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. Note: = Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg.
Stafleu, F. & R. S. Cowan. 1988. Taxonomic literature: a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types, ed. 2, vol. 1-7, suppl. 1-6. 7:129. Note: suggests authorship "Weber ex F. H. Wigg." for this publication
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Stewart-Wade, S. M. et al. 2002. Biology of Canadian weeds. 117. Taraxacum officinale G. H. Weber ex Wiggers. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 82:825-853.
Takhtajan, A. L., ed. 1954-1987. Flora Armenii.
The Missouri Botanical Garden with others. A Catalogue of the vascular plants of Madagascar (on-line resource).
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: treats as Taraxacum spp. aggr.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora. Note: = Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg.
Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: = Taraxacum officinale Weber ex F. H. Wigg.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: treats as Taraxacum sect. Taraxacum
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)

Common names

English
common dandelion –
dandelion –
lion's-tooth –
English (Canada)
dandelion –
French
dent de lion –
pissenlit vulgaire –
French (Canada)
pissenlit officinal –
German
Löwenzahn –
Wiesen-Löwenzahn –
Portuguese
dente-de-leão –
Spanish
achicoria amarga –
amargón –
diente de león –
Transcribed Korean
seoyangmindeulle –
Transliterated Russian
oduvančik lekarstvennyj –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Portugal	Azores
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Portugal	Madeira Islands
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Spain	Canarias
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia	Ciscaucasia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kazakhstan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kyrgyzstan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Tajikistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Turkmenistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation-Far East	Far East
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia	Eastern Siberia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Western Siberia	Western Siberia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Lebanon
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Syria
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		n.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Belarus
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Estonia
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Latvia
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Lithuania
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Moldova
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine		incl. Krym
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Belgium
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czech Republic
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Netherlands
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Slovakia
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Denmark
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Faroe Islands
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Finland
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Iceland
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Ireland
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Albania
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Croatia
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy		incl. Sicily
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Montenegro
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	North Macedonia
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Serbia
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Slovenia
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France		incl. Corsica
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Portugal
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain		incl. Baleares
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
4	Naturalized	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Eritrea
4	Naturalized	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	Lesotho
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Burundi
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	China	China
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Cyprus
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia
4	Naturalized	Australasia	New Zealand	New Zealand
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	New Brunswick
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Prince Edward Island
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Québec
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Eastern Canada	St. Pierre and Miquelon
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	North Dakota
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	South Dakota
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California (Norte)
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Wyoming
4	Naturalized	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
4	Naturalized	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Delaware
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	District of Columbia
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tlaxcala
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Subarctic America	Canada	Northwest Territories
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Subarctic America	Greenland
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Subarctic America	United States	Alaska
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Manitoba
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Nunavut
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Saskatchewan
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Fiji
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	New Caledonia
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Niue
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Tonga
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil		s.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Honduras
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Panama
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Uruguay
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Peru
6	Other					exact native range obscure

Native
Africa

MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation-Far East [Far East]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.)

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal

Naturalized
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus
CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Nepal
INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, Philippines

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territories], Greenland, United States [Alaska]
EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec], St. Pierre and Miquelon
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nunavut, Saskatchewan]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Utah]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California (Norte), Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Tonga

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil (s.)
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador, Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

Other (exact native range obscure)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Bee plants	honey production		Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos.
Food additives	flavoring	extracted from roots	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Harmful organism host	crop diseases	fide WorldWeeds 841-842. 1997	Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York.
Harmful organism host	crop pests	fide WorldWeeds 841-842. 1997	Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York.
Human food	beverage base		Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):475.
Human food	vegetable		Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):475.
Medicines	folklore		Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines	folklore		Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):475.
Medicines	folklore		Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed	potential seed contaminant	fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968	CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables

Taxon: Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg.