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Taraxacum officinale

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	single stem
Habit	erect, acaulescent (or rosette plants)	Category	medicinals & aromatic
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	harvested from wild

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	14	22	5	26	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	500	1000	300	2700	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	40	-	55	60	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	6.5	4.5	8.3	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-5	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	90	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	leaves
food & beverage	minerals	leaves
food & beverage	vitamins	flowers
food & beverage	minerals	flowers
food & beverage	minerals	roots
medicinal	endocrine system applications	roots
medicinal	digestive system applications	roots
medicinal	skin applications	roots