Dandelion
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ExpandRead about Dandelion in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cultivation
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Species
Selected specieswp:
- Taraxacum albidum, a white-flowering Japanese dandelion.
- Taraxacum californicum, the endangered California dandelion
- Taraxacum officinale (syn. T. officinale subsp. vulgare), Common Dandelion. Found in many forms.
- Taraxacum japonicum, Japanese dandelion. No ring of smallish, downward-turned leaves under the flowerhead.
- Taraxacum kok-saghyz, Russian dandelion
- Taraxacum laevigatum (syn. T. erythrospermum), Red-seeded Dandelion; achenes reddish brown and leaves deeply cut throughout length. Inner bracts' tips are hooded.
Dandelions are so similar to catsears (Hypochaeris) that catsears are also known as "false dandelions".
Gallery
The dandelion's taproot
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A half seeded dandelion clock
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An empty dandelion clock, without the seeds
Macro photo of dandelion seed dispersal
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A focused view of a dandelion flower.
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Dandelion. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Dandelion QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)