| Author | Andrzejowski ex Besser | |
| Distribution | Mostly in the Mountains and Piedmont; scarce in the Coastal Plain. First collected in 1932 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Little Switzerland, Mitchell County.
Native of Eurasia; in N.A. throughout, except FL, LA, NV. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon in the Mountains and Piedmont, rare in the Coastal Plain. No doubt overlooked as Common Dandelion (T. officinale) and will be found in many other counties, as the range is nearly statewide and the gaps make no biological sense, other than rare to absent in the southern Coastal Plain. | |
| Habitat | Lawns primarily, also roadsides, edge of parking lot, railroad margins, abandoned golf course, fields, along trail through floodplain. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting essentially throughout the year. | |
| Identification | This species is very similar to Common Dandelion and is easily passed over as that abundant weed, but the leaves are more deeply cut and the segments are narrower on average. The mature seeds are red or purplish (vs. brown or tan in Common Dandelion). | |
| Taxonomic Comments | A synonym is T. laevigatum.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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