Taraxacum officinale

Legend for Species Pages

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

• Moss, Flora of Alberta – Common
• Global Invasive Species Database – No
• NatureServe Rank – Not yet assessed
• Haber, Upland – No
• Haber, Wetland – No
• CWF, Status & Invasive Range – No
• Alberta Revegetation Guidelines – No
• The Nature Conservancy – No
• CBCN – No
• AB Weed – No

Remarks

Sometimes a major component of heavily grazed native pasture, in association with Poa pratensis (seem familiar?), where the association appears to be an alternative climax condition.

Edible: originally introduced as a garden plant and grown commercially in some countries. All parts of the plant are used in various ways too numerous to list here. See our Dandelion poster [1], and our Dandelion recipes [2].

References

Szczawinski & Turner, Edible Garden Weeds of Canada, ISBN 0-88902-752-8