Asteraceae
Taraxacum subspathulatum
Taraxacum subspathulatum
Flowering Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Dandelion · Peruvian · Alpine · Wildflower · Perennial · Medicinal · Part Shade · Rock Garden · Rare · Asteraceae
Taraxacum subspathulatum is a high-altitude Peruvian dandelion relative that grows best in cool, moist conditions with partial shade. It is well suited to alpine or rock garden settings and requires little attention once established in appropriate soil. Its cheerful yellow flowers are valuable for early-season pollinators and the plant has traditional medicinal uses in Andean cultures.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water until soil is evenly moist; allow surface to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.8–7.5
- Temperature
- -40°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Peru
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
More Taraxacum
Related plants from the same genus
Buy this plant
No nurseries currently list it
No nursery lists Taraxacum subspathulatum right now.