Taraxacum Officinale

Scientific Name: Taraxacum officinale

Common Name: common dandelion

Symbol: TAOF

Category: Dicot

Genus: Taraxacum

Family: Asteraceae

Family Common Name: Aster family

Order: Asterales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Forb/herb

Native Status: L48 (NI), AK (NI), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (NI), GL (NI), SPM (I)

Flower Color: Yellow

Flower Conspicuous: Yes

Foliage Color: Green

Foliage Texture: Coarse

Fruit Color: Brown

Edible: yes

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Scientific Name: Taraxacum officinale

Common Name(s): Dandelion, taraxacum

Edible: yes

Medicinal: yes

Parts Used: root, stem, fruit, leaf

136186 21 Jan, 2011	An interesting and amazing plant. If you pull up the plannt to eat the roots and leaves and flowers then if you leave even a small bit of root in the soil it will regrow into a whole new dandelion which you can then harvest to eat or use medicinaly.
Current Rating: 1.0000

jonah12012 21 Oct, 2013	flowers are highest in protein, but all of plant is edible.
Current Rating: 1.0000

your_comforting_company 19 Jan, 2010	this plant is distinct from it's look-similars in that it has one flower per flowerstalk. If there is more than one flower per stalk it is not dandelion. Leaves are highly variable
Current Rating: 0.5000

your_comforting_company 19 Jan, 2010	I would also like to point out that in my area (for all you southern boys), anything that has milky sap is called (genericly) milkweed but that is clearly a misnomer. milkweed is a different plant entirely.
Current Rating: 0.5000

Ted 30 Jan, 2010	Young leaves are good raw but soon become very bitter! Boil in a couple of changes of water. The flowers can be battered and fried.
Current Rating: 0.5000

Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Description: Dandelion leaves have a jagged edge, grow close to the ground, and are seldom more than 20 centimeters long. Its flowers are bright yellow. There are several dandelion species.
Current Rating: 0.5000

Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Habitat and Distribution: Dandelions grow in open, sunny locations throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
Current Rating: 0.5000

Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Edible Parts: All parts are edible. Eat the leaves raw or cooked. Boil the roots as a vegetable. Roots roasted and ground are a good coffee substitute. Dandelions are high in vitamins A and C and in calcium.
Current Rating: 0.5000

Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Other Uses: Use the white juice in the flower stems as glue.
Current Rating: 0.5000

crashdive123 7 Aug, 2009	Fresh-root tea traditionally used for liver, gallbladder, kidney, and bladder ailments, diuretic (not indicated when inflammation is present).
Current Rating: 0.5000

crashdive123 7 Aug, 2009	Also used as a tonic for weak or impaired digestion, constipation. Dried root thought to be weaker, often roasted as coffee substitute. Dried leaf tea a folk laxative.
Current Rating: 0.5000

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