The common dandelion, taraxacum, sometimes offers an illustration of this, and also the daisy (Bellis).
taraxacum Dens-leonis (common dandelion), Smith's, 1853; only there.
There are several kinds of taraxacum, natives of the northern hemisphere and southern South America.
It feeds on the roots of the dandelion (taraxacum officinale), and changes to a peculiar spiny chrysalis.
taraxacum, tar-aks′a-kum, n. the root of the dandelion, a tonic laxative in diseases of the liver.
Twice these piles consisted of from 50 to 70 seeds of the common dandelion (taraxacum officinale).
Good extract of taraxacum should be wholly soluble in water.
I was suffering at this time from liver complaint, p. 182and had on my shelf a concoction of taraxacum and podophyllin.