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Flowers / Alpine Dandelion (Taraxacum alpinum)

Alpine Dandelion (Taraxacum alpinum)

Type: Flowers
Color: yellow
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Alpine Dandelion (Taraxacum alpinum)
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jojoj29. 12. 2015 10:45:47
Based on what do you conclude that it is T. alpinum and not T. officinale?
Namely, common dandelion also grows happily in the Alps and also among gravel.
In the picture, the involucre is not visible to confirm the assumption.
Kolar2. 01. 2016 14:47:37
It resembles the stinking Aposeris foetida more than the common dandelion
jojoj6. 01. 2016 14:04:48
It will be a dandelion. The stinker is different.
jojoj6. 01. 2016 15:24:24
Excuse my ignorance. I didn't know that on this portal you play the game: "Who guesses blindly?"
How many failed attempts does a game participant have available to try again?
otiv6. 01. 2016 15:57:51
@jojoj, books say that quite a few species of dandelions grow in the high mountains, which are difficult to identify. Probably even real botanists are in the dark when it comes to determining the right species.
jojoj6. 01. 2016 18:51:55
Otiv (in which books?)
If by high mountains you mean Slovenian high mountains
you will find alphabetically:
T. alpestre -mountain d. -very rare only in central Julics
T. alpinum alpine d. - in Julics and wider area of Grintavec
T. cucullatum hooded d. - only in Solčavsko
T. officinale - common d. - throughout the Alps
T. palustre marsh d. - only in lower elevations - wider valleys of Sava and Drava
T. leavigatum does not grow in the Alps, mainly in Primorsko. and in some places along the Drava, around Zidani most and Zaplana.
otiv6. 01. 2016 19:48:45
@jojoj, I have the handbook Alpine Flowers (Wolfgang Lippert) in which for the alpine dandelion it mentions also similar numerous species, which are difficult to determine.



jojoj6. 01. 2016 21:39:51
In some comment I have already mentioned that literature originating north of the Karavanke or west of the Julian Alps can cause certain problems for Slovenian flora.
To all who are more intensively engaged with Slovenian flora, I warmly recommend the key for determining Slovenian plants
the book: MALA FLORA SLOVENIJE, published by Tehniška založba Slovenije.
No photographs! At the beginning it will be difficult, and probably almost torturously usable for normal use: "forward through the book". But with the help of illustrated handbooks like only Lippert, you can help yourself for a rough determination of the species and then search for the species in Mala Flora. And then check back through the points if the characteristics of your plant that you found match the determination by illustration. Otherwise, you will simply be able to correct yourself and determine the correct plant species.
The beginning will be hard.
But Mala Flora Slovenije covers all species growing in SLOVENIA, not for example in Austria, except the newest invasives, which will surely be included in the new edition.
jojoj8. 01. 2016 15:12:49
to supplement the information for otiv about dandelions in the Alpine high mountains.
Which Mr. Lippert Wolfgang, respected botanist working in Munich, probably meant, and maybe some others. Since they do not thrive in Slovenia, they also do not have Slovenian names.
T. aquilonare (A,I,CH,?F)
T. dissectum (CH,I,F)
T. ceratophorum (A,I,CH,F,?SLO)
T. obovatum (F,I)
T. schroetterianum (A,I,CH,F)
T. pascheri (A,I,CH,F)
T. reichenbachii (A,I)
T. handelii (A,I)
In the end, I can say - I can only repeat: for SLO, the law is MALA FLORA SLOVENIJE, so such situations will not repeat as illustrated by this one: Quite often Slovenian nature lovers have proclaimed the bearded carnation - Dianthus barbatus, which thrives in Slovenia or more broadly: eastward from South Tyrol, for Seguier's carnation Dianthus seguieri, which they "determined" with the help of Lippert but unfortunately thrives only west of South Tyrol.


otiv8. 01. 2016 16:29:50
@jojoj, thank you very much for everything written from which it can be seen that you have Botany at your fingertips, which I cannot say for myself, since for me the foreground is mainly photography.

Best regards and welcome among flower lovers.
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