Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Taraxacum officinale, the dandelion or common dandelion, [6] is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The common dandelion is well known for its yellow flower heads that turn into round balls of many silver-tufted fruits that disperse in the wind. These balls are called "clocks" in both British and American ...
The pappus-clad fruits that make up the familiar "dandelion clock" being dispersed by the wind (family Asteraceae) Bidens frondosa achenes with barbed pappusIn Asteraceae, the pappus is the modified calyx, [1] the part of an individual floret, that surrounds the base of the corolla tube in flower.
Plate of sauteed dandelion greens, with Wehani rice. Raw dandelion greens contain high amounts of vitamins A, C, and K, and are moderate sources of calcium, potassium, iron, and manganese. [51] Raw dandelion greens are 86% water, 9% carbohydrates, 3% protein, and 1% fat. [51] A 100 gram (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz) reference amount supplies 45 Calories. [51]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
People often use the simple mnemonic spring forward, fall back to remember to set clocks forward one hour (e.g., from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.) in the spring and backward one hour (e.g., from 2 a.m. to 1 ...
The plant is sometimes called fall dandelion, because it is very similar to the common dandelion (one of the main differences being a branched stem with several capitula [5]), but "yellow fields", covered by this plant appear much later than dandelions, towards the autumn in the Eastern Europe.
Dandelion Wine is a 1957 novel by Ray Bradbury set in the summer of 1928 in the fictional town of Green Town, Illinois, based upon Bradbury's childhood home of Waukegan, Illinois, and serving as the first novel in his Green Town Trilogy. The novel developed from the short story "Dandelion Wine", which appeared in the June 1953 issue of Gourmet ...