Taraxacum albidum
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Taraxacum albidum is a type of dandelion that grows in eastern Eurasia.
It is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to the southern part of Japan.
They are sometimes mistaken for Taraxacum coreanum, but T. coreanum grows wild chiefly in the Korean Peninsula and some parts of China.
T. albidum is a cross between T. coreanum and Taraxacum japonicum
.(Tatsuyoshi Morita,"Moleculer phylodenetic analyese of polyoloid complex of East Asian Taraxacum",1996-1997")
It blooms once a year, usually in spring but sometimes in late autumn. It is pentaploid(having five sets of chromosomes), and produces seeds asexually like many other Taraxacum species. The seeds remain dormant till autumn.
It is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to the southern part of Japan.
They are sometimes mistaken for Taraxacum coreanum, but T. coreanum grows wild chiefly in the Korean Peninsula and some parts of China.
T. albidum is a cross between T. coreanum and Taraxacum japonicum
Taraxacum japonicum
Taraxacum japonicum is a type of dandelion that grows in eastern Eurasia.It also grows in other countries as an invasive plant, such as the United States....
.(Tatsuyoshi Morita,"Moleculer phylodenetic analyese of polyoloid complex of East Asian Taraxacum",1996-1997")
Features
The florets are pure white. The leaves wither to avoid heat damage for several months of summer. In autumn, they come up again and continue photosynthesizing until the next summer.It blooms once a year, usually in spring but sometimes in late autumn. It is pentaploid(having five sets of chromosomes), and produces seeds asexually like many other Taraxacum species. The seeds remain dormant till autumn.