Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Common & widespread through Britain.

The yellow flower heads lack receptacle bracts, and all the flowers, which are called florets, are ligulate and bisexual.

In many lineages, the seeds are mostly produced by apomixis, even though the flowers are frequently visited by diverse insects.

The fruit, called cypselae, range in colour from olive-green or olive-brown to straw-coloured or greyish; they are oblanceoloid in shape and 2–3 mm (1⁄16–1⁄8 in) long, with slender beaks.

The fruit have 4 to 12 ribs that have sharp edges.

Flowers from January-December.