white-flowered dandelion; Taraxacum albidum
A species of dandelion native to Japan with white petals, unlike the common yellow dandelion.
In spring, you can see white-flowered dandelions blooming along the roadside.
Refers to dandelions in general, typically the common yellow variety. シロバナタンポポ specifies the white-flowered species.
Katakana spelling is common for this plant name; usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling exists but is rarely used; the word is normally written in kana.
Compound of 白花 (しろばな, 'white flower') and 蒲公英 (たんぽぽ, 'dandelion'). The kanji 蒲公英 is a Chinese-derived name for dandelion, but the word is usually written in kana.