Taraxacum retzii

Leaves oblanceolate, c. 8–18 cm long, 2–­4.5 cm wide, glabrate; lateral lobes in (3–­) 4 pairs, deltoid and falcate, often with distally directed apices which are acute and often caudate, distal margins of upper 2 or 3 lobes entire or with 1 (–­2) acute lobes, proximal margins entire or with 1 acute lobe close to midrib; petiole green suffused with purple. Scapes c. 7 cm long at anthesis, c. 25 cm in fruit. Capitula c. 3 cm diam.; outer bracts ovate-lanceolate, appressed to inner bracts basally, patent to abruptly reflexed in upper half, with white to pale pink borders 0.3–­0.5 mm wide, marginally ciliolate, usually without calli; inner bracts linear, 12­–14 mm long, 1­3 mm wide, corniculate at tips. Outer ligules apically naviculate, exceeding involucre by 7–11 mm; anthers with pollen; stigmas greenish yellow. Cypselas turbinate, 2.5–3 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, pale cinnamon to pale ochre, with incurved flat spines c. 0.2 mm long at apex, smooth to verrucate in the lower half; cone broadly cylindrical, 0.5–0.8 mm long; beak 5–­10 mm long, pappus 6 mm long. Flowers June–Sept.