close up image of Taraxacum officinale COMMON DANDELION at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - some mature brown seeds have already been dispersed by the wind; about half the seeds remain, waiting for the next wind.
close up image of Taraxacum officinale COMMON DANDELION at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a single specimen with a single flower not yet fully opened.
from the side close up image of Taraxacum officinale COMMON DANDELION at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a single open bloom with ray flowers and split stigma visible.
close up image of Taraxacum officinale COMMON DANDELION at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a single specimen's cleft basal leaves and a single, slightly hairy stalk.
top down close up image of Taraxacum officinale COMMON DANDELION at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a single open bloom with split stigma visible.At the Peacock/Woodworth Prairie this is an invasive, non-native species.
Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erlauterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Kohler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303570
close up image of Taraxacum officinale COMMON DANDELION at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a single specimen with a single flower stalk with mature seeds in the process of wind dispersal.