Asteraceae
Taraxacum japonicum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Taraxacum
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- طرخشقون ياباني
- arz
- طرخشقون يابانى
- Chinese
- 日本蒲公英
- Japanese
- カンサイタンポポ
Synonyms
- Taraxacum bitchuense H.Koidz.
- Taraxacum japonicum var. japonicum
- Taraxacum kansaiense Koidz. ex Kitam.
- Taraxacum liukiuense H.Koidz.
Photos

Photo: Misato Oki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Misato Oki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Misato Oki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Misato Oki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: PierreSelim, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: PierreSelim, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: PierreSelim, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Taraxacum japonicum: 關西蒲公英 Taraxacum japonicum [日本京都植物園 Kyoto Botanical Garden, Japan]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/%E9%97%9C%E8%A5%BF%E8%92%B2%E5%85%AC%E8%8B%B1_Taraxacum_japonicum_-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Kyoto_Botanical_Garden%2C_Japan-_%2840910952804%29.jpg/1280px-%E9%97%9C%E8%A5%BF%E8%92%B2%E5%85%AC%E8%8B%B1_Taraxacum_japonicum_-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Kyoto_Botanical_Garden%2C_Japan-_%2840910952804%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.