Part of me would like to investigate further the the evolution and the reproduction of the dandelion. How does the evolution of the dandelion compare and contrast with the evolution of man? I read below that dandelions reproduce -- 'asexually' -- with loads and loads of seeds that do not need to be pollinated. That would maybe explain the nightmare in my backyard. The little terrors are amazing -- and actually not at all 'little' in my backyard, even worse in my neigbors.
They're huge. I uprooted what seemed like about a thousand of them in my backyeard a week or two ago and there were what seemed like a hundred more there today. Fresh ones! Maybe I missed a few from my last dual with them. I don't like the weedkiller my girlfriend got. Chemicals that may not be too friendly to the surrounding wildlife on my hill bordering the ravine/swamp of one portion of the Oakrides Morraine.
It's been probably over 40 years since the last time I seriously tried to dig up dandelions when i was about 10 and living on Greengrove, Toronto. Nothing seems to me to have changed much. There seem to be a few technological advances -- one that you press down with your foot and the weed comes up. Want to get the roots but I am tearing up the lawn in the process. Today I was using a little hand hoe -- dont' know what it's called but it kills the back after a while... Millions of dandelions with seeds on my neighbors back yard -- laughing at me -- just waiting to blow over onto my yard as soon as i go inside. I got the go-ahead to take charge of cutting my neighbor's grass as well. A formidable job indeed -- with I think I said millions of dandelions over there fresh with new seeds...laughing at me...
Who has the nerve to say that there wasn't/isn't an 'intelligent designer' behind this lawn nightmare we call a 'dandelion'...The same one I am using as a supplement to help improve bile production and the functioning of my liver...
-- dgb, June 1st, 2008.
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From the internet, Wikipedia...
The common name Dandelion is given to members of the genus Taraxacum, a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. In the Asteraceae (formerly Compositae) the "flowers" are morphologically a composite flower head consisting of many tiny flowers called florets. Dandelions are native to Europe and Asia and have been widely introduced elsewhere. Many Taraxacum species produce seeds asexually by apomixis, where the seeds are produced without pollination, resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent plant.[1]
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