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          (Taraxacum officionale, T. laevigatum)

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dandelion (Taraxacum officionale, T. laevigatum; COMPOSITE FAMILY [Asteraceae]) Tap-rooted perennials with a rosette of variously divided and lobed basal leaves and one-to-several unbranched, hollow flower stalks.  Each stalk bears a single 1-2" head of bright yellow ray flowers.  Peak of flowering is in the spring, and then sporadically throughout the growing season.  A widespread weed of lawns, fields and waste places.  Native of Eurasia now found throughout the temperate world.  [110]

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