Family | Asteraceae |
Genus | Taraxacum |
Species | officinale |
Author | (L.) W.W.Weber ex F.H.Wigg. |
Use | Leaves can be eaten as a salad. Roots can be roasted and grinded, and used as a coffee substitute. Yellow dye from the flowers, red dye from the roots. |
Collector | Peter Giovannini |
Number | PG04 |
Date | 12/03/2004 |
Location | Roadside at 17, Regency Place, Canterbury, Kent |
Common name/s | Dandelion |