Asteraceae

Red-seeded dandelion

Taraxacum erythrospermum Andrz. ex Besser

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Taraxacum

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Red-seeded dandelion: Taraxacum erythrospermum — Photo: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)

Arabic: طرخشقون أحمر البذور
Bulgarian: Червеноплодно глухарче
Central Kurdish: باویلکە
Chinese: 红果蒲公英, 瑞典蒲公英
Czech: Pampeliška červenoplodá
English: Red-seeded dandelion, Rock dandelion
German: Rotsamiger Löwenzahn
Japanese: アカミタンポポ
Latvian: Gludā pienene
Slovenian: Gladki regrat

Synonyms

Leontodon erythrospermum (Andrz. ex Besser) Eichw.
Leontodon laevigatus Willd.
Taraxacum austriacum Soest
Taraxacum austriacum var. austriacum
Taraxacum erythrospermum subsp. erythrospermum
Taraxacum erythrospermum var. erythrospermum
Taraxacum laevigatum (Willd.) DC.
Taraxacum laevigatum f. laevigatum
Taraxacum laevigatum subsp. laevigatum
Taraxacum laevigatum var. erythrospermum (Andrz.) J.Weiss
Taraxacum laevigatum var. laevigatum
Taraxacum officinale var. erythrospermum (Andrz.) Bab.
Taraxacum punctatum A.J.Richards
Taraxacum slovacum Klášt.
Therogeron disseminatum G.E.Haglund

Photos

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Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ben Keen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.