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Asteraceae

Japanese dandelion

Taraxacum albidum Dahlst.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Taraxacum

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Japanese dandelion: white-flowering Japanese dandelion( Taraxacum albidum Dahlst.) These are weeds,but are uncommonly grown as a gardening kind in Japan.
Photo: Misato Oki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)
Arabic
طرخشقون أبيض
arz
طرخشقون ابيض
Chinese
朝鮮蒲公英, 朝鲜蒲公英
English
Japanese dandelion
Japanese
シロバナタンポポ, シロバナタンポポ(白花蒲公英)
Korean
흰민들레, 하얀 민들레

Synonyms

  • Taraxacum albidum f. albidum
  • Taraxacum albidum var. albidum
  • Taraxacum albiflorum (Makino) Koidz.
  • Taraxacum officinale var. albiflorum Makino

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.