Index / Search / Taraxacum laevigatum
§1 Plant
Taraxacum laevigatum (Willd.) DC.
vernacular rock dandelion — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Taraxacum
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 515 counties across 44 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 515 counties across 44 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
California view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Cook 17031
- Douglas 17041
- Edwards 17047
- Gallatin 17059
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Logan 17107
- Macoupin 17117
- McLean 17113
- Mercer 17131
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Richland 17159
- Scott 17171
- Stephenson 17177
- Vermilion 17183
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Adams 18001
- Clark 18019
- DeKalb 18033
- Fountain 18045
- Grant 18053
- Huntington 18069
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- Marshall 18099
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Nemaha 20131
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clare 26035
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Houghton 26061
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Keweenaw 26083
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Oscoda 26135
- Presque Isle 26141
- Saginaw 26145
- St. Joseph 26149
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Dakota 27037
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Houston 27055
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Meeker 27093
- Mower 27099
- Pipestone 27117
- Red Lake 27125
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 31 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
Nebraska view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 19 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 18 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Tioga 42117
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 8 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/TALA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5393872 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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