Taraxacum laticordatum Markl. “Decumbent Dandelion”
- Taraxacum uncosum auct., non G.E.Haglund
Native. Widespread and locally common through much of Britain, and the Dublin area of Ireland where it may be introduced. Waste places, grasslands, gardens, walls etc.
T. laticordatum is a robust, green, rather fleshy species with broadly winged green petioles, and rather narrow and slightly recurved green exterior bracts. The broad green leaves have 3-4 broad and somewhat recurved side-lobes and a broad rounded end-lobe. It is perhaps most easily confused with T. ancistrolobum which has coloured midribs and bracts and is a darker green. Its relative T. expallidiforme is also similar but has more dentate leaves and a smaller apiculate endlobe.