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Dandelion

Taraxacum sp

Habitat:

Backyard.

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Dandelion
Taraxacum


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De nada. Con gusto.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Thanks Augusto,
This time i was able to capture most of the plant in one pic. Usually if the leaves are there the flower is missing . When the flower is there the seed pod is missing,

Taraxacum (pron.: /təˈræksəkʉm/) is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North and South America, and two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide.[1] Both species are edible in their entirety.[2] The common name dandelion (/ˈdændɨlaɪ.ən/ DAN-di-ly-ən, from French dent-de-lion, meaning "lion's tooth") 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.[3]

HemaShah
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HemaShah

Walnut Creek, California, USA

Spotted on Mar 31, 2013
Submitted on Mar 31, 2013

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