name: Dandelion

flavor_db_name_variants: dandelion

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Dandelion

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name_scientific: Taraxacum officinale

description: Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North and South America, and two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide. Both species are edible in their entirety. The common name dandelion (from French dent-de-lion, meaning "lion's tooth") is given to members of the genus, and like other members of the Asteraceae family, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. Many Taraxacum species produce seeds asexually by apomixis, where the seeds are produced without pollination, resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent plant.

itis_id: 36213

wikipedia_id: Dandelion

picture_file_name: 181.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 386051

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:37:01.000Z

legacy_id: 192

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Herbs

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:24.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:18.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 50225

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00181