Are These Dandelions?
By Thelma
@thelme55 (79813)
Germany
May 22, 2020 5:22pm CST
I am not sure of these plants if they are dandelions. They are growing in the yard where we are now on vacation. I am thinking that they are dandelions but when I checked the leaves, they look different than what I have seen online.
I have read and seen on tv that dandelions are weeds but an edible ones. They are so called super food already as it has a lot of vitamins and minerals. They can be eatin as a salad, be made into tea and added into smoothies.
Have you eaten dandelion before? As what?
I would like to try eating dandelion leaves stir fry or a salad but I better buy them in the supermarket.
Anyway, thanks for reading. I hope you are all well.
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@marguicha (230422)
• Chile
22 May 20
They are dandelions. The term "weed" applies to any plant that you do not want to grow in your garden , even if it is a rose. There are many edible weeds, flowers, leaves. Check them first, then try them.
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@marguicha (230422)
• Chile
22 May 20
@thelme55 There are many edible weeds and flowers
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@thelme55 (79813)
• Germany
22 May 20
Thank you very much @marguicha. I will check them first before trying.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
23 May 20
they look like they are. Dandelions are very tasty!
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@thelme55 (79813)
• Germany
23 May 20
They looked like dandelions but they are not as what I have read from some of the comments and the links that are shared on this discussion. Thank you @DocAndersen
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
24 May 20
@thelme55 oh well - dandelions are tasty!
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@thelme55 (79813)
• Germany
25 May 20
@DocAndersen Next time I go grocery shopping, I will buy dandelions. How did you devour it? In a salad?
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
22 May 20
They are the same family as dandelions but they are not dandelions. We call them Hawkbit in English. I don't think that they're good to eat.
Young dandelion leaves are good in a salad. They are not so bitter when young. The ones which you can buy have probably been specially grown and won't be as bitter as wild ones. You shouldn't eat too much dandelion. They are a diuretic, as their French name - pis-en-lit - says!
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@LowRiderX (22901)
• Serbia
23 May 20
They are, but I don't know which subspecies. What we have here, the density of the flower is a little different and the leaves are completely different
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@birjudanak (14316)
• India
23 May 20
I think i also have seen this kind of flower and captured it but dont know its name and i think i got now as you mention it. I thought its just a flower but dont know its eatable too.
@JudyEv (386170)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 May 20
Like you, I'm not sure what are dandelions and what aren't but it seems from the comments that these are.
@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
23 May 20
I don't know the name but I can look at them for hours.
@renicemae (4883)
• Philippines
23 May 20
Neither do I have an idea of what that flower is called. I never thought that dandelions can be eaten and that it's a super food. Thank you for the new insight.
