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Taraxacum centrasiaticum

Taraxacum centrasiaticum is a rare, little-known alpine dandelion found only in high meadows of southern Xinjiang, China, and is not a commonly grown garden plant. Care guidance is therefore general, based on dandelion-type perennials in cool mountain conditions.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty, moderately fertile soil or a mineral-rich mix.
Temperature
5–20 °C; tolerates hard frost and cold winters
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Xinjiang
Climate
temperate

About

Taraxacum centrasiaticum is a rare and little-known species of dandelion known only from alpine meadows at an elevation of 3,400–3,500 m (11,200–11,500 ft) in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China.

Other Taraxacum plants

Hampshire Dandelion · Japanese dandelion · Taraxacum algarbiense · Taraxacum angustisectum · Taraxacum aphrogenes · Arctic Dandelion · Taraxacum atrans · Taraxacum azzizii · Taraxacum balticum · Double Horn Dandelion · Taraxacum brachyceras · Purple Bracted Dandelion

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Taraxacum centrasiaticum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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.

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