Taraxacum officinale, the dandelion or commondandelion,[6] is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae (syn. Compositae). The common dandelion is well known for its yellow flower heads that turn into round balls of many silver-tufted fruits that disperse in the wind. These balls are called "clocks" in both British and American English.[7][8][9][10] The name "blowball" is also used.[11]
The common dandelion grows in temperate regions of the world in areas with moist soils. They are very hardy plants, able to grow in a variety of environments, and are tolerant of crowding, extremes of temperature, and low moisture.[12] As a result of this hardiness, in addition to its ability to rapidly propagate itself, the dandelion has become established over a wide range via human activity, originally being native to Eurasia, but can also be found across the Americas, southern Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand as a result of incidental or deliberate introductions.
It is most often considered a weed, especially in lawns and along roadsides, but the leaves, flowers, and roots are sometimes used in herbal medicine and as food.
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available today. Traditionally, it was made from fermented dandelion (Taraxacumofficinale) and burdock (Arctium lappa) roots, hence the name. Dandelion and...
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be absent in some plants: Senecio vulgaris lacks ray flowers and Taraxacumofficinale lacks disk flowers. The individual flowers of a pseudanthium in the...
pappi filaments from entanglement or destruction by precipitation, e.g. Taraxacum (dandelions). In nature these involucral bracts have a diurnal rhythm...
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of the diet in the breeding season. Spiders are sometimes taken. Taraxacumofficinale seeds are important during spring, and seeds from Fallopia convolvulus...
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