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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Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers
Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers
USDA symbol: TAOFO (
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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