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British dandelion
Taraxacum britannicum
Taraxacum britannicum, commonly known as the British dandelion, is a perennial agamospermous species of dandelion in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northwestern and western Europe, with a primary distribution in the British Isles, where it occurs in a variety of habitats including wet meadows, cliffs, ravines, pavements, and other disturbed or man-made environments. The species is also reported from several other European countries, particularly in Western Europe and Fennoscandia.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 962909.