Very beautiful pictures!! Aarti On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 8:27:21 PM UTC+4, ashwini wrote: > > The dandelions are displaying their wispy puffballs. While researching for > information on their seed dispersal I came across some interesting info on > them. Here are some photos and facts; > > *Taraxacum officinale* > Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP > 1800m > 27 April 2015 > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > > > > Different types of insects pollinate dandelion. Yellow flower turns into > puff ball that consists of large number of fruits called achenes. Seed of > dandelion has disk-like extension that acts like a parachute and > facilitates dispersal by wind.Seed can travel 5 miles before it finally > reaches the ground.Dandelion resembles sun, moon and stars during the > certain parts of its life cycle. Yellow flower looks like sun, spherical > head with seeds looks like moon while dispersing seeds look like stars.Name > dandelion originates from French words "dent de lion" which mean lion's > tooth. This name is given because of deeply toothed leaves of dandelion. > > For more see: http://www.softschools.com/facts/plants/dandelion_facts/597/ >
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