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Common Dandelions
Common Dandelions
Taraxacum
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Eurasia and North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Dandelions are a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions. The genus has a near-cosmopolitan distribution, absent only from tropical and polar areas.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Taraxacum