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Widespread and fairly frequent in the Western half of the UK, especially around South Wales and South West England; scattered elsewhere. This is Bristol's commonest dandelion. Habitat includes: Open, slightly shaded, often damp places such as gardens, parks, allotments, churchyards, lane-sides, grassy banks, walls, cliffs etc.

A. J. Richards:

• Ligules >1.5 x inner bracts, rarely striped brown-purple
• Exterior bracts erect to appressed, blackish, scarcely bordered; ligules >1.5 x inner bracts; stigmas dark, terminal leaf-lobe obtuse, achenes smooth

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