Plant	Leaves
Flower	Fruit

Height: 5-40cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering March - October (Earliest: 19.2)

Protective Chemicals
Cyanogenic Glycosides	Prunasin
Sesquiterpenoids	Ainslioside, Dihydroconiferin, Dihydrolactucin, Dihydrosyringin, Ixerin, Taraxacin
Coumarins	Aesculin, Cichoriin
Flavonoids	Chrysoeriol, Luteolin
Other Phenolics	Caffeic, Chicoric, Chlorogenic, Hydroxybenzoic, & Monocaffeyltartaric Acids, Syringin
Other Acids	Taraxinic
Enzymes	Taraxalisin

Biotopes:	Meadows	Around Buildings
Flower Visitors:	Many Apidae	Several Ichneumonidae	Several Tenthredinidae	Ectemnius dives
	Microplitis viduus	Pteromalus hieracii	Several Hesperiidae	Many Nymphalidae
	Several Pieridae	Lycaena phlaeas	Papilio machaon	Autographa gamma
	Euclidia glyphica	Siona lineata	Several Anthomyiidae	Several Bibionidae
	Several Calliphoridae	Many Empididae	Several Muscidae	Many Syrphidae
	Macquartia nudigena	Siphona ingerae	Sarcophaga carnaria	Scathophaga stercoraria
	Myopa extricata	Nephrotoma cornicina	Hydrellia fulviceps	Fannia umbrosa
	Psila fimetaria	Several Nitidulidae	Several Oedemeridae	Anthaxia quadripunctata
	Anthaxia salicis	Rhagonycha fulva	Agriotes pallidulus	Paracorymbia maculicornis
	Cercyon obsoletus	Lygus rugulipennis
Seed Dispersal:	Wind
Parasites:	Golovinomyces cichoracearum	Podosphaera fusca	Ramularia taraxaci	Synchytrium taraxaci
	Several Agromyzidae	Ensina sonchi Larva (Flower Gall)	Cheilosia flavipes Larva	Agrotis segetum Larva
Herbivores:	Columbidae	Many Erebidae	Several Geometridae	Many Noctuidae
	Several Tortricidae	Deilephila elpenor	Triodia sylvina Larva	Neocrepidodera ferruginea
	Phyllotreta vittula	Barynotus moerens	Otiorhynchus ligustici
Sapivores:	Several Aphididae	Aphrodes bicinctus	Aphrodes makarovi	Lygocoris pabulinus
	Lygus pratensis	Tenothrips frici
Florivores:	Agrochola lychnidis Larva	Protaetia cuprea	Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis
Granivores:	Fringillidae	Many Carabidae

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Common Dandelion

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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