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orflo · January 22, 2008

I doubt if it's a dandelion, the leaves sure do look like it, but the growing habit differs:dandelion makes a rosette of leaves(and eventually flowers) 'on' the ground, and these seem to have a small stem (or do I see it wrong), I never saw a dandelion with a stem. Dandelions flower mostly in springtime, and they form their seed even before flowering. The flowers are mostly yellow, even the cultivated one have these yellow flowers, however there are a few whitish and even yellow-orange types.I just read your last post again:3 foot high???No dandelion will do that, try the chicory family or even diplotaxis, but the last one remains lower as well,
Frank

January 22, 2008	#16
orflo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: belgium Posts: 134	I doubt if it's a dandelion, the leaves sure do look like it, but the growing habit differs:dandelion makes a rosette of leaves(and eventually flowers) 'on' the ground, and these seem to have a small stem (or do I see it wrong), I never saw a dandelion with a stem. Dandelions flower mostly in springtime, and they form their seed even before flowering. The flowers are mostly yellow, even the cultivated one have these yellow flowers, however there are a few whitish and even yellow-orange types.I just read your last post again:3 foot high???No dandelion will do that, try the chicory family or even diplotaxis, but the last one remains lower as well, Frank