Even if you’re not a plant person, the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is instantly recognizable. But beyond its ...

"Nothing is so uncommon as a common dandelion," say Karst Meijer and Erik van den Ham, Dutch botanists who started an international day (April 27) to celebrate this yellow flower in 2020. The pair ...

If the dandelion didn’t crop up in our lawns, we would call it a wildflower. If it did better in our vegetable gardens, we’d call it a salad leaf. If more people used it for folk cures, we’d ...

The common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is a Eurasian native gift to most of the northern hemisphere.It grows in moist meadows where it does in the wild what it does in our yards and gardens ...

The common dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, is an important and useful plant that has fed people for thousands of years.Young dandelion leaves are the most nutritious greens that you can eat ...

This form of reproduction is called apomixis and a number of common plants make use of it (blackberries and raspberries, for example). Here’s the story of how it developed in dandelions.

Resembles Common dandelion except for gorgeous, creamy white blossoms. Italian types offered by Johnny’s Select Seed are Cichorium intybus varieties; while related to the Common dandelion, ...

This is the common dandelion, a native of Eurasia that has spread its weedy presence around the globe, helped along by another weedy species – humans. Many credit — or blame — the Pilgrims ...

The dandelion’s bright yellow bloom and fuzzy, parachute-like seeds are a familiar sight across the continents. But scientists at Dutch biotech firm KeyGene believe the flower’s true beauty ...

Common dandelion — Taraxacum officinale — is the most ubiquitous, but around the world thousands of dandelion varieties and cultivars grow.