Taraxacum officinale Weber et Wiggers

Spice Capitule Fruits In the field

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Taraxacum

Sinònims: Taraxacum vulgare (Lam.) Schrank

Catalan common name: Pixallits, Dent de lleó.

Spanish common name: Diente de león.

Province distribution: Alacant. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

Uses and properties: Edible or foodstuffs. Medicinal.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches).