Review Of Tall Dandelion Looking Plant References

Member Of The Lettuce Family I Think.

Beginning with this image of a lush dandelion (taraxacum officinale), we can see lots of flower heads and a number of new heads forming, along with some closed heads which bloomed recently. Salsify looks like a dandelion on steroids. You can seed your dandelions indoors in flats for transplanting.

If You Pull It Up, Do You Get A Thick Taproot, Like A Dandelion Root?

You can consume parts of this plant raw or cooked. The taraxacum platycarpum (korean dandelion) can be commonly found in korea but can also be found in china and japan. All parts of this plant can be edible.

The Smooth Hawksbeard (Crepis Capillaris) Grows Throughout Most Of The Southern And Western United States.

It is very unattractive really with it's swayed leggy stems and some are up to three feet tall. This spiky milkweed plant grows up to 6 ft, high. I think the spherical head was composed of many smaller flowers, but i also doubt it was an allium.

The Picked Seedlings Make A Delectable Salad Addition, So Don’t Toss Them Out.

Young leaves might even be edible, but wild lettuce tends to be on the bitter side. Although the plant resembles the common dandelion, the foliage is a lighter shade of green and the flowers a paler yellow. The plant produces easily identifiable lime green, spiky seed pods.

Its Flower Doesn’t Look That Much Like A Dandelion, And The Plant Itself Doesn’t Really Either, But The Fluffy Seed Head Looks A Lot Like A Giant Dandelion.

Okay the basal rosette looks like it might be a dandelion and it does have a yellow flower, although they aren't blooming right now. Look for it in rich, moist forests. The seed heads look like a big puffball, up to several inches in diameter.