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Fancy trying your hand at Taraxacology for @wildflowerhour #Dandelionfest this weekend? A big part of ID’ing our 250ish dandelions to species is getting the right section. There are 9 sections in Britain & Ireland and excellent @BSBIbotany cribs for each. This thread might help.. 
Another big part is choosing the right plant: avoid plants which are mown, grazed, stressed, weedkillered, fertilised, dog weed on, shaded, too late, immature... pick happy average plants with unopened buds, open flowers and ideally one ripe clock. Ok, found a good one?...
First is your dandelion a ‘lesser dandelion’ section Erythrosperma? They are small, often with linear lobes and have reddish seeds and reddish stripes on the back of the ligules (‘petals’). They live in dry sunny locations...
