Taraxacum rhaeticum van Soest (1959: 134)

Type:— L, no. det. 19665, holotype (herb. van Soest 19285) !

Doll (1978: 642):—“Diese Klein-Art fanden wir bei der Malowitza-Hütte.“

Herbarium voucher specimen:—There is a single herbarium specimen from Bulgaria, labelled: Flora von Bulgarien, Rila-Gebirge, Malowitza-Hütte. 16 Jul [19]76, R. Doll [as Taraxacum rhaeticum] (JE, no. det. 19045). There are two leaf rosettes (originally probably parts of a single plant), with relatively well preserved characters (pollen irregular, stigmas dark discoloured).

Interpretation:—The material differs considerably from the Alpine T. rhaeticum, a species without pollen and with yellow stigmas. The Bulgarian plants are very close to what is described as T. pandum of T. sect. Rhodocarpa (= T. sect. Alpestria) below.