- Genus
- Taraxacum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Common Names
- blowball, cankerwort, fairy clock, heart-fever grass, Irish daisy, lion's teeth, milk gowan, pee in the bed, pissabed, priest's crown, swine's snout, cankerweed, horse gowan [2], yellow gowan [3]
About this plant
The common dandelion provides a good nectar source for flying insects and a larval food source for moths. Its bright yellow ray florets are mainly borne in April and June followed by seed heads or clocks that disperse on the breeze. It is a tap-rooted perennial that exudes a milky sap from its hollow stem and persists from a basal rosette of long, toothed leaves