This is not a dandelion although it is related. The centre of the flower is a disc rather than all ray florets.
There are no proper leaves, just scale leaves on the flower stem.
The name 'colts-foot' comes from the shape of the leaves, which appear when the flowers are dead and gone.
It was formerly used as a cough cure.
I'm posting a lot of spring flowers in close succession on this blog before they all disappear.
No comments:
Post a Comment
I just love getting comments so go ahead.