Quercus

Red-seeded Dandelion

Taraxacum erythrospermum

Not native to Kentucky

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

75CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Taraxacum

  • Abagrotis magnicupidaOne-Dotted Dart
  • Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
  • Agrotis vetustaOld Man Dart
  • Anagrapha falciferaCelery Looper Moth
  • Anicla illapsaSnowy Dart
  • Apantesis annaAnna Tiger Moth
  • Apantesis argeArge Tiger Moth
  • Apantesis naisNais Tiger Moth
  • Apantesis partheniceParthenice Tiger Moth
  • Apantesis phalerataHarnessed Moth
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  • Apantesis virgoVirgin Tiger Moth
  • Apantesis vittataBanded Tiger Moth
  • Arctia parthenosSt. Lawrence Tiger Moth
  • Autographa precationisCommon Looper Moth
  • Cerastis tenebriferaReddish Speckled Dart
  • Choephora fungorumBent-Line Dart
  • Chytolita morbidalisMorbid Owlet
  • Clepsis persicanaWhite Triangle Tortrix
  • Diarsia jucundaSmaller Pinkish Dart
  • Elaphria chalcedoniaChalcedony Midget
  • Elaphria grataGrateful Midget
  • Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
  • Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
  • Eusarca confusariaConfused Eusarca
  • Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
  • Feltia subterraneaSubterranean Dart, Granulate Cutworm
  • Homorthodes furfurataNorthern Scurfy Quaker
  • Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
  • Hypercompe scriboniaGiant Leopard Moth, Great Leopard Moth
  • Hyppa xylinoidesCommon Hyppa
  • Idaea furciferataNotch-Winged Wave
  • Idaea obfusariaRippled Wave
  • Lacanobia subjunctaSpeckled Arches, Subdues Arches, Harnessed Mamestra, Speckled Cutworm Moth, Grand Arches?(incorrectly)
  • Lacinipolia explicataExplicit Groundcat, Explicit Arches
  • Lacinipolia implicataImplicit Arches
  • Lacinipolia laudabilisLaudable Arches, Laudable Mamestra
  • Lacinipolia loreaBridled Arches, Bridle Groundcat
  • Lacinipolia meditataThe Thinker
  • Lacinipolia olivaceaOlive Arches, Olive Groundcat
  • Lacinipolia renigeraBristly Ground Cat, Bristly Cutworm Moth, Kidney Spotted "Mamestra"
  • Leuconycta lepidulaMarble-Green Jaspidia, Marble-Green Leuconycta
  • Manduca quinquemaculatusFive-Spotted Hawkmoth, Tomato Hornworm
  • Megalographa bilobaBilobed Looper Moth
  • Melanchra adjunctaHitched Arches
  • Melanchra pictaPainted Arches, Zebra Caterpillar Moth
  • Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Orthodes cynicaCynical Quaker, Cynical Groundcat
  • Orthodes detractaDisparaged Arches, Disparaged Groundcat
  • Orthodes majusculaRustic Quaker, Rustic Groundcat
  • Pagara simplexMouse-Colored Lichen Moth
  • Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
  • Phalaenostola metonalisPale Epidelta, Pale Phalaenostola
  • Phlogophora irisOlive Angle Shades
  • Protolampra brunneicollisBrown-Collared Dart
  • Proxenus mirandaMiranda Moth, Glistening Rustic
  • Pseudohermonassa bicarneaPink-Spotted Dart
  • Pseudorthodes vecorsSmall Brown Quaker, Small Brown Groundcat
  • Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
  • Scopula cacuminariaFrosted Tan Wave
  • Scopula limboundataLarge Lace-Border
  • Spilosoma congruaAgreeable Tiger Moth
  • Spilosoma latipennisPink-Legged Tiger Moth
  • Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
  • Tricholita signataSignate Quaker, Signate Groundcat
  • Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
  • Trichopolia oviducaRuddy Quaker
  • Virbia aurantiacaOrange Virbia, Orange Holomelina
  • Virbia ferruginosaRusty Holomelina, Rusty Virbia
  • Virbia laetaJoyful Virbia, Joyful Holomelina
  • Virbia opellaTawny Virbia, Tawny Holomelina
  • Xestia c-nigrumSpotted Cut-Worm, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Black-letter Dart
  • Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
5Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Taraxacum

  • Andrena chromotricha
  • Andrena krigiana
  • Colletes rufocinctus
  • Protandrena aestivalis
  • Protandrena piercei
Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
12BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Taraxacum

  • Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
  • Branta canadensisCanada Goose
  • Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
  • Centrocercus urophasianusGreater Sage-Grouse
  • Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
  • Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse
  • Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
  • Perdix perdixGray Partridge
  • Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
  • Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
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  • Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
  • Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Asteraceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Red Seed Dandelion; Red seeded Dandelion; Taraxacum laevigatum

Conservation status

Kentucky rankNot available
Global rankGNR
KY statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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