Celebrating today the 1st #InternationalDayoftheDandelion together with @DandelionAppre1 @DvdPaardenbloem @BSBIbotany @vlinderNL @savebutterflies. Dandelions are highly prolific plants but aren’t they just weeds? Are they useful? Why are they everywhere? What makes this possible? 
Wild dandelions can be an important source of nectar and pollen for insects, especially after the tree pollen season. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/g…
There is huge variation in wild dandelions, including hundreds of microspecies that are adapted to specific conditions. The Kazakh dandelion produces a lot of latex and this is currently being explored as an alternative rubber crop taraxagum.com lion-flex.com
Unlike most flowering plants, dandelions can reproduce asexually through seeds – as clones – by apomixis. This allows them to rapidly amplify successful genotypes and can help them colonize harsh environments and spread rapidly. nature.com/articles/s4158… eorder.sheridan.com/3_0/app/orders…
Most Dandelion seeds disperse locally, but in warmer drier conditions they can travel kilometers. How? The porosity of the bristles on dandelion seeds are precisely tuned to generate a special vortex that allows them to fly nature.com/articles/s4158…
Dandelions can, literally, make something out of nothing. They can thrive in the harshest of conditions #BeautyLiesInTheEyeOfTheBeholder
Enjoy the dandelions and sun today! #Dandelion 🇬🇧 #Pissenlit 🇫🇷 #Paardenbloem 🇳🇱 #Löwenzahn 🇩🇪 #MniszekPospolity 🇵🇱 #одуванчик 🇷🇺 #蒲公英 🇨🇳 #민들레 🇰🇷 #タンポポ 🇯🇵 #Dandelion 🇺🇸
@BumblebeeTrust @WildlifeMag @WoodlandTrust @nationaltrust @EnglishHeritage @CanalRiverTrust @GWmag @The_RHS
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