Asteraceae Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers

Common Dandelion

Iroquois - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 93

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Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers
USDA symbol: TAOFO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Dandelion
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Young plants boiled and eaten as greens.

RECRD: 44200 id: 39367