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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.
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Dandelion bilobed stigma bearing pollen. Taraxacum (/ t ə ˈ r æ k s ə k ə m /) [3] is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions.
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The clock is ticking as Congress tries to avert a partial government shutdown after President-elect Donald Trump rejected a bipartisan deal and demanded lawmakers tackle the nation's debt ceiling ...
Robert Piotrowski (born 1963) is an architect.He leads Ecker Architekten, an Architecture and Interior Design practice based in Buchen, Germany.Piotrowski's projects include the Corporate Headquarters for Holly Hunt, LTD in Chicago, the town halls in Seckach and in Rosenberg, a community center in Zimmern, the Sparkasse in Hettingen, and The House Dandelion Clock, a kindergarten for physically ...
The first clock known to strike regularly on the hour, a clock with a verge and foliot mechanism, is recorded in Milan in 1336. [96] By 1341, clocks driven by weights were familiar enough to be able to be adapted for grain mills, [97] and by 1344 the clock in London's Old St Paul's Cathedral had been replaced by one with an escapement. [98]