Species category

Vegetable

Common name

common dandelion, blowball, faceclock, dandelion

Diagnostic characters

Identification notes

AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
are mostly obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
with a long beak, which is usually broken off, leaving a short blunt remnant at the apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
. AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
have strong ribs which bear small tubercles at the base but become progressively larger and upward-pointed nearing the apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
. The color is straw-yellow but occasionally brown.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Included

Nomenclature