Taraxacum pankhurstianum, also known as the St Kilda dandelion,[1] is a species of dandelion that was identified as new in 2012 after being cultivated at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh from seeds collected two years previously on the island of Hirta, the largest island in the St Kilda archipelago, on the western edge of Scotland.

[2] The species was named for Richard Pankhurst, a retired staff member at the garden who suggested that the seeds be collected.

[1][2] Botanists believe it may be endemic to the area and among the rarest plants in Scotland's flora.

[4] It may be rare on St Kilda because it is eaten by animals including sheep and perhaps, some birds.

[1] The flower may have originated in Iceland and been carried to Hirta by birds, or the Vikings.