Dandelions are among the most widespread wildflowers in the world. They withstand harsh, unforgiving climates on every ...

Plants such as dandelions often use wind to transport seeds. Each dandelion seed comes with its own individual parachute. This device works very well and only a slight wind will carry seeds high ...

Everyone knows the dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), which is usually somewhere in your lawn unless herbicides are heavily used. This European import is probably enemy No. 1 on the lawn weed ...

But beyond its everyday appearance, dandelion symbolism is more intriguing ... Each of these seeds has a pappus or feathery parachute of white hairs, that permits it to be carried by the wind ...

Plants such as dandelions often use wind to transport seeds. Each dandelion seed comes with its own individual parachute. This device works very well and only a slight wind will carry seeds high ...