The plant can hybridize with common dandelion, causing genetic pollution. Achenes are distributed by the wind, much like those of the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale). Common dandelion is a triploid that produces viable seeds by apomictic seed. Common dandelion was the most abundant food item and the mainstay of the chicks. This species is very similar to, and often mistaken for, the common dandelion, "Taraxacum officinale".