Taraxacum zealandicum, also known as the New Zealand dandelion and the native dandelion (in New Zealand), is a perennial species of dandelion. The species is endemic to New Zealand. It has linear to oblong, usually dentate basal leaves and a hollow stem that can grow up to thirty centimeters. The species also has ribbed clavate-fusiform achenes with a slender beak and white pappus. The flower was first described in 1907.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of New Zealand Native Dandelion being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Taraxacum faeroense
- Taraxacum hollandicum
- Taraxacum lacistophyllum
- Taraxacum tortilobum
- Taraxacum ceratophorum
- Taraxacum alaskanum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Taraxacum
- Species
- Taraxacum zealandicum
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