Asteraceae
Marsh dandelion
Taraxacum palustre
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Taraxacum
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Common names
By language (4)
- Bulgarian
- Блатно глухарче
- English
- Marsh dandelion
- German
- Echter Sumpf-Löwenzahn
- Slovenian
- Močvirski regrat
Synonyms
- Leontodon palustris Lyons
- Taraxacum limnanthes subsp. limnanthoides Soest
- Taraxacum maritimum Hagend., Soest & Zevenb.
- Taraxacum officinale subsp. palustre (Lyons) Hartm.
- Taraxacum westhoffii Hagend., Soest & Zevenb.
- Taraxacum westhoffii Hagend. & al.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: christine123, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.