Taraxacum cygnorum

Leaves c. oblong to linear-lanceolate, c. 4–12 cm long, glabrescent; lobes 4–7 on each side, short, obtusely to acutely deltoid to hamate-attenuate, sometimes pointing forward, distal margins denticulate to lobulate; interlobes entire to acutely denticulate; petioles usually pale, very narrowly winged. Scapes 3–5 cm long (2–3 times longer in fruit). Capitula 1.5–2 cm diam.; outer bracts appressed to inner series, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3–5(–6) mm long, usually apiculate with a small dark callus, white-bordered; ligules pale lemon-yellow; outer ligules subequal to inner bracts; stigmas yellow; pollen present. Cypselas narrow-fusiform, (4–)4.5–6 mm long, dark red to blackish-purple, spinulose above, rugose below to the base; cone cylindric, 1.25–2 mm long; beak 4–6 mm long, subequal to cypsela body. Flowers Oct.–Dec.