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Taraxacum mirabile

Taraxacum mirabile is a dandelion species native to northern and central Turkey, growing at 800 to 1300 metres on salty soils, especially around Lake Tuz. It is a wild species of little horticultural interest and is not typically grown in gardens.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Tolerates dry conditions; water sparingly, as it is adapted to a dry, saline habitat.
Soil
Salty, saline soils typical of its native lakeside habitat; poor drainage tolerated.
Temperature
Cold-hardy, adapted to the continental climate of the Anatolian highlands; hardy to well below freezing.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Türkiye
Climate
temperate

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Taraxacum mirabile is a type of dandelion that grows between 800 and 1300 meters on salty soils (especially endemic in Lake Tuz) in northern and central Turkey.

Other Taraxacum plants

Japanese dandelion · Taraxacum farinosum · Mongolian Dandelion · Common dandelion · Dandelion

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Taraxacum mirabile 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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