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Common Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Photo by MurrayDaniels
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Field Notes

Description:

Fasciated mutation with approximately 10 heads growing from one giant stem.

Habitat:

Found beside The Lion's Den parking lot. Chillicothe, Ohio.

Notes:

Photo taken with my LG Venice cell phone camera.

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Comments (5)
MurrayDaniels
@keithp2012 - That's crazy big for a dandelion! Good find! :)
keithp2012
And under my spottings search dandelion I had a huge plant, but instead of a huge flower it had huge leaves, had to be foot long leaves!
keithp2012
I just found a stem with 3 flower heads, going to add it to here soon.
MurrayDaniels
@keithp2012 - It was definitely one of the biggest mutated dandelions I've seen.

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