Dandelion woes #5 - hairy bracts & branched hairless stem

Dandelion flower. Dargo VIC Australia, September 2012.

 

This dandelion has two rings of sparsely hairy bracts: the innermost bracts are longer and cling to the petals, the outermost bracts are short and peeled back. The branched, hairless stem is without tiny leaflets and has stem-clasping hairless leaves near the base, and what appears to be hairless basal leaves with toothed margins.

 

 

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