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Photographer: PNW Weed Management Handbook
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Family Asteraceae
Taraxacum officinale Weber
common dandelion
Taraxacum: medieval name traceable through Arabic to the Persian talkh chakok, meaning "bitter herb"
officinale: Latin generally meaning "of the shops" or "sold in the marketplace" or "official"
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2"-12" tall forb with milky juice |
| Flower: | head 1"-2" wide with only yellow ray flowers; inflorescence a single head on a long hollow stalk from the base of the plant; blooms April-Nov. |
| Fruit: | brown, dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | basal, pinnately-divided, long and narrow, end lobe usually larger than the others |
| Habitat: | fields, lawns, disturbed sites |
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