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Dandelion: Taraxacum: Any garden plant: Its flowers attract pollinators: all parts of the dandelion are edible in season: Used in traditional herbal medicine throughout the world. The common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) contains chemicals that are known to have diuretic properties. [6] Dandelions benefits nearby plants through their ...
Notable in the United States are Senecio jacobaea (ragwort), [35] Senecio vulgaris (groundsel), [36] and Taraxacum (dandelion). [37] Some are invasive species in particular regions, often having been introduced by human agency. Examples include various tumbleweeds, Bidens, ragweeds, thistles, and dandelion. [38]
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, commonly called Carolina desert-chicory [1] or Texas dandelion, is in the genus Pyrrhopappus of the family Asteraceae, native throughout Eastern and South Eastern United States. It is an annual found in mostly open grasslands and wet roadsides.
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 .
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[1] For example, some secondary metabolites are toxins used to deter predation , and others are pheromones used to attract insects for pollination . Secondary metabolites and pigments may have therapeutic actions in humans, and can be refined to produce drugs; examples are quinine from the cinchona , morphine and codeine from the poppy , and ...
TKS was cultivated on a large scale in the Soviet Union during World War II.The Soviet Union cultivated Taraxacum kok-saghyz, together with Taraxacum hybernum and Scorzonera tau-saghyz, on a large scale between 1931 and 1950—notably during World War II—as an emergency source of rubber when supplies of rubber from Hevea brasiliensis in Southeast Asia were threatened.
Taraxacum californicum, also known as the California dandelion, [1] is an endangered species of dandelion endemic to the San Bernardino Mountains of California. It grows in mountain meadows. [2] Taraxacum californicum is a small perennial wildflower which resembles its close relative, the widespread weed known as the common dandelion (T ...