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dandelion facts:
Stories about dandelions can be found in folklore almost worldwide!
Dandelions have a diuretic effect (they make you pee,) which is reflected in some of their common names (piss-a-bed)
most North American dandelions reproduce asexually by apomixis, creating loads of identical daughters!
Since they reproduce asexually, these dandelions don't need to be pollinated, even though they produce lots of pollen and nectar. The dandelions that pop up in a lawn feed pollinators without receiving any benefit for themselves.
Dandelion seeds can sprout at any temperature between 0 and 36 degrees Celsius!
Dandelions can regenerate themselves from just a piece of their taproot!
dandelions have a near worldwide distribution and were introduced to North America as a food crop!
Dandelions grow bigger and produce more viable seeds in conditions of higher carbon dioxide, suggesting that human-caused carbon emissions are good news for the dandelions!
Dandelions have been shown to pass epigenetic changes to their DNA caused by stress to their offspring.