The fruits have white hairs, forming parachutes which allow their dispersion in the wind after flowering.
Dandelion is a perennial plant that grows almost everywhere and whose benefits have been known since antiquity: it is a diuretic and a depuritative, also effective against stones and certain skin diseases.
It is also called lion's tooth, mole salad, dog's lettuce, monk's crown, pork snout ...
Its leaves are eaten in salads or infusions, its roots raw or cooked, flower buds like capers and the flower heads in syrup or wine. Coffee can be made from its dried and roasted roots, a substitute used during the war.
The dandelion flowers all year round, except in winter.
