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Description: Hairless or sparsely hairy plant, which can grow up to 60cm in height. Leaves form a basal rosette with very uneven teeth, very rarely entire. Flowerheads are solitary on the end of a long leafless stem, and are composed of ray florets only. Involucre of small spreading scales on the outside and longer appressed narrow scales on the inside. The well-known Dandelion "clock" is composed of many individual fruits, each with a long beak and an umbrella-shaped feathery pappus.
Flowering Season: April to December.
Habitat: Wasteground, hedgerows, roadside verges, meadows, gardens and parks.
Distribution: Very common throught the UK.
Note: Like many of the composites whose flowers consist only of ray florets, the stems of the Dandelion contain a white, milky juice containing latex. |
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