Dandelion (mature)

Description:

While the dandelion is considered a weed by many gardeners and lawn owners, the plant has several culinary and medicinal uses. The specific name officinalis refers to its value as a medicinal herb, and is derived from the word opificina, later officina, meaning a workshop or pharmacy.[28] The flowers are used to make dandelion wine,[29] the greens are used in salads, the roots have been used to make a coffee substitute (when baked and ground into powder) and the plant was used by Native Americans as a food and medicine.

Habitat:

It occurs in all 50 states of the USA and most Canadian provinces. This was growing near the Provo River in Orem.

Notes:

Came across this lonely mature flower head while out walking my pup.