Common name: Dandelion
Latin name: Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg
Family: Asteraceae
Life Cycle: Perennial
Type: Broadleaf
Description: Dandelion is a tap-rooted perennial that can often behave as an annual. Leaves occur in a basal rosette, are oblong-lanceolate, and deeply-lobed with the lobes often pointing back towards the base. Ligulate flowers with yellow corollas.
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