Friend or Foe?
Not sure, everyone in the neighborhood, myself included, spends lots of time pulling these out of our lawns. The city has stopped spraying the parks (a good thing) to control them so they are everywhere. Maybe not so bad.
"Dandelion" It often refers specifically to Taraxacum officinale. For other uses, see Dandelion (disambiguation).
Dandelion
Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North America, and two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide.[1] Both species are edible in their entirety.[2][3] They are named for their sharp, serrated leaves that resemble lion's teeth.[4] The common name dandelion (pronounced /ˈdændɨlaɪ.ən/, DAN-dih-lye-ən) is given to members of the genus, and like other members of the Asteraceae family, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. Many Taraxacum species produce seeds asexually by apomixis, where the seeds are produced without pollination, resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent plant.[5]
Friend or Foe?
Not sure, everyone in the neighborhood, myself included, spends lots of time pulling these out of our lawns. The city has stopped spraying the parks (a good thing) to control them so they are everywhere. Maybe not so bad.
"Dandelion" It often refers specifically to Taraxacum officinale. For other uses, see Dandelion (disambiguation).
Dandelion
Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North America, and two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide.[1] Both species are edible in their entirety.[2][3] They are named for their sharp, serrated leaves that resemble lion's teeth.[4] The common name dandelion (pronounced /ˈdændɨlaɪ.ən/, DAN-dih-lye-ən) is given to members of the genus, and like other members of the Asteraceae family, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. Many Taraxacum species produce seeds asexually by apomixis, where the seeds are produced without pollination, resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent plant.[5]