Dandelion Flower Anatomy

Each yellow petal like structure is actually a different flower.

Dandelion flower anatomy. Mail to a friend. Dandelions tend to flower most abundantly in spring but can re flower in the fall too. At the base of a dandelion head is a group of green bracts called the involucre. And a solitary yellow flower head composed only of ray flowers.

Each petal then is a single flower. What most people call a dandelion flower is actually a many flowered head. The leaves and flowers are both edible and quite healthy with the flowers tasting less bitter than the leaves. Dandelion flower macro photography.

Their leaves and carrot like roots make various vitamins and medicinal compounds. 235 227 20. The seeds technically a fruit called a cypselae are produced on the flower stalk with each seed representing one of the florets in the flower head. Each flower head is actually composed of thousands of small ray flowers.

White dandelion during daytime. 10 10 12 12 12 16 14 14 16 16 12 18 18 18 16 20 is back ordered. The dandelion grows across north america and europe and was introduced into many other continents as well. A smooth hollow stem.

We will ship it separately in 10 to 15 days. It has a rosette of leaves at the base of the plant. Many rural people still use the flowers for making dandelion wine in the summer. Some members of the aster family for example daisies have ray and disk florets.

The bloom florets and stem can be seen in the images below. This is true of all members of the large aster asteraceae family. Anatomy of a dandelion fig 1 anatomy of everything. The root of the plant also contains compounds believed to relieve kidney and bladder problems when drunk as a tea.

Meaningful botanical characteristics of the dandelion flower. Ray flowers as seen on dandelion are only noticed by their strap shaped corolla. These florets are held above the ground by a tubular upright stem that can be up to 45 cm in length. The scientific name for the dandelion is taraxacum officinale and it is a member of the compositae family.

Dandelion weedy perennial herb of the genus taraxacum of the family asteraceae native to eurasia but widespread throughout much of temperate north america. Who doesn t have a childhood memory with dandelions. Dandelions have only one type of flowers ray florets. After a couple of days in flower they close and the seeds develop inside the closed head.

Strangely the bloom is not a single flower. Disk flowers are tubular and generally occur in the center of the flower. Flowers open in the morning and tend to close up at night. The country kid who would run through a.

Below a dandelion flower head is opening. Rarely you will find dandelions where they are absent. Flowers of plants in the family asteraceae have ray and or disk flowers. The fuzzy ring at the base.

Ligules are the petals of the dandelion flower. Quantity add to cart.