Taraxacum latilobum DC.
broad-lobed dandelion
broad-lobed dandelion
May 19,
Mt. Greylock State Reservation and vicinity, North Adams
Outermost involucral bracts broad lanceolate. FNA: "Phyllaries 14–18 in 2 series, lanceolate to linear (outer) or ovate to lance-ovate (inner), 1.2–4 mm wide, scarious, narrowly (outer, distal part of inner) or widely (proximal part of inner), apices long-acuminate, hornless, scarious, erose, hyaline, purplish-grayish."