_dandelion_

Maybe one of you ever heard about this flower and I just want to give you some information about my favourite flower as my nick in this blog (^^). We know that it is light, white, has a short live, but it can make everyone smile to see it.
Dandelions are so similar to catsears (Hypochaeris) that catsears are also known as "false dandelions".
The species of Taraxacum are tap-rooted biennial or perennial herbaceous plants, native to temperate areas of the Old World.
The leaves are 5–25 cm long or longer, simple and basal, entire or lobed, forming a rosette above the central taproot. The flower heads are yellow to orange colored, and are open in the daytime but closed at night. The heads are borne singly on a hollow stem (scape) that rises 1–10 cm or more^[4] above the leaves and exudes a milky sap (latex) when broken. the parachutes lose their feathered structure and take on a fuzzy, cotton-like appearance, often called "dandelion snow". However, dandelion flowers are borne singly on unbranched, hairless and leafless, hollow stems, while catsear flowering stems are branched, solid and carry bracts. Actually there are many kinds of Dandelion spread on the earth ; white flowering japanese dandelion, Japanese dandelion, Russian dandelion, California dandelion, Red-seeded dandelion and Common dandelion.
After you read this blog and then find dandelion, I swear you can know the beauty of this beautiful flower.. regards by me, _younie_