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    • Dandelion
    • Common Dandelion
  • Scientific names
    • Taraxacum officinale

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Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale

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charlie

Date

May 24, 2012 03:00 PM EDT
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Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale

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erikpaterson

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May 22, 2012
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Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale

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brittain_riley_5

Date

May 12, 2012

Description

This flower was found in the grass. The stem was as dark as the grass was. The flower, about 1 inch in diamerter, had not definite pedals but little stubs as the pedals. They were a bright mustard yellow. These flowers are everywhere you usually look in the grass.

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Description from Wikipedia

Taraxacum officinale, commonly called Dandelion, is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae (Compositae). It can be found growing in temperate regions of the world, in lawns, on roadsides, on disturbed banks and shores of water ways, and other areas with moist soils. T. officinale is considered a weedy species, especially in lawns and along roadsides, but it is sometimes used as a medical herb and in food preparation. As a nearly cosmopolitan weed, Dandelion...

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