Taraxacum officinale
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Taraxacum officinale
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Taraxacum officinale is a medical herb of the family Asteraceae (Compositae). It can be found worldwide in flatlands of temperate regions.
It is considered throughout the world to be a weed, and is also known as the common dandelion.
[edit] References
- Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
- Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L., Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2
- Köhler, Franz Eugen (1887). Köhler's Medicinal Plants. Gustav Pabst.
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