not a wild plant, though considered a weed by lawn lovers... but people who really know their plants, health and food, love 'em...
its naturalized from home gardens grown by pioneer immigrant ladies who brought the seeds over from europe and then proceeded to migrate westward in their wagon trains, and they planted these in their gardens,, all along their trails good salad and green cooked vegetable, then and now... comes up everywhere in USA in all lawns no matter how much one wants to remove them... their seed heads can be much fun to watch as a slight breeze makes them sail away... used to be photography challenge in the 70s when strobe like lights were not household word... now every tom dick and harry can take fantastic pictures with a little patience to find the mature seed heads, search google and you'll find them... its Dandelion...Taraxacum officinale <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraxacum#cite_note-1> if you pay attention next time you are in usa you'll find dandelion greens ..grown commercially in large bundles in upscale supermarkets, and organic stores use like spinach good source of many vital nutrients dandelion roots are a herbal medicine for liver . well... phew too much writing usha di On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> wrote: > Small wild plant seen in the Golden Gate Park on 30/9/14. > Single yellow flower. > Could be Sonchus Species? > Aarti > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
