Common Name: dandelion, lion’s tooth
Scientific Name: Taraxacum officinale Weber in Wiggers
Family Name: Asteraceae (Compositae) - Aster or Sunflower Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - perennial, reproducing by seed

stems - reproductive (scapes), hollow, whitish, unbranched, leafless growth habit, seedling

leaves - oblanceolate, deeply toothed, backward pointing teeth or lobes, basal rosette, mid-vein hollow

flowers - heads of bright yellow ray (ligulate) florets, ray flower toothed tips; solitary; closing at night, form "puffball" when mature flower heads, mature flower heads

other - contains milky sap

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