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Taraxacum angustisectum is a low-growing perennial dandelion from northern Europe, native to Finland and parts of northwestern Russia. It is a little-known member of the dandelion section Erythrosperma, grown mainly in botanical collections.
Taraxacum angustisectum is a species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae. It is classified within the section Erythrosperma of the genus Taraxacum, which comprises a large group of closely related dandelion species. The species is native to Finland and parts of northwestern and northern European Russia, where it typically inhabits temperate, open, and grassy environments. T. angustisectum was first formally described in 1944 by the Finnish botanist Harald Lindberg, based on material collected in northern Finland and published in Exsiccatae Florae Fennicae.
Taraxacum angustisectum has been recorded in Finland, particularly in the regions of Kainuu and Inari Lapland, and is lectotypified from material collected in Inari. Historical Finnish collections also document the species in the Viborg area, including Kolikkoinmäki, Nuoraa, and Uuraansaari near present-day Vysotsk. In Russia, the species is accepted in southern Karelia and the southwestern parts of northwestern Russia, such as the Leningrad, Pskov, and Novgorod regions. Although it is listed in several regional floras, herbarium specimens confirming its presence are limited, and it is notably absent from collections at the Komarov Botanical Institute.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
