Hey folks. So I've been eating bits of what I thought was dandelion from my backyard, only to find out there are a bunch of plants referred to as false dandelion and that it must be one of those.
The main thing is apparently dandelion flowers all grow on single, un-branching stems, whereas all the ones in my backyard are branching. So the next likely candidate was catsear, but apparently the leaves for that are almost never bitter, yet mine are quite bitter.
Just wondering what my plants are likely to be if neither of the above? And also wondering if there are any unsafe dandelion lookalikes growing in Australia that I should be wary of?
Hey folks. So I've been eating bits of what I thought was dandelion from my backyard, only to find out there are a bunch of plants referred to as false dandelion and that it must be one of those.
The main thing is apparently dandelion flowers all grow on single, un-branching stems, whereas all the ones in my backyard are branching. So the next likely candidate was catsear, but apparently the leaves for that are almost never bitter, yet mine are quite bitter.
Just wondering what my plants are likely to be if neither of the above? And also wondering if there are any unsafe dandelion lookalikes growing in Australia that I should be wary of?
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