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'''''Dichanthelium acuminatum''''' is a species of grass from the genus ''[[Dichanthelium]]'', in [[North America]]. | '''''Dichanthelium acuminatum''''' is a species of grass from the genus ''[[Dichanthelium]]'', in [[North America]]. | ||
| − | ''D. acuminatum'' forms a [[Hybrid (biology)|hybridization complex]] with other ''Dichanthelium'' species such as ''D. dichotomum'', ''D. sphaerocarpon'', ''D. ovale'', and ''D. aciculare''. <ref> | + | ''D. acuminatum'' forms a [[Hybrid (biology)|hybridization complex]] with other ''Dichanthelium'' species such as ''D. dichotomum'', ''D. sphaerocarpon'', ''D. ovale'', and ''D. aciculare''. |
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| + | ==Description== | ||
| + | [[Image:Dandelion13.jpg|thumb|left|Head in full bloom]] | ||
| + | ''Taraxacum officinale'' grows from generally unbranched taproots and produces one to more than ten stems that are typically 5 to 40 cm tall but sometimes up to 70 cm tall. The stems can be tinted purplish, they are upright or lax, and produce flower heads that are held as tall or taller than the foliage. The foliage is upright growing or horizontally orientated, with leaves having narrowly winged petioles or being unwinged. The stems can be glabrous or are sparsely covered with short hairs. The 5–45 cm long and 1–10 cm wide leaves are oblanceolate, oblong, or obovate in shape with the bases gradually narrowing to the petiole. The leaf margins are typically shallowly lobed to deeply lobed and often lacerate or toothed with sharp or dull teeth. The calyculi (the cup like bracts that hold the florets) is composed of 12 to 18 segments: each segment is reflexed and sometimes glaucous. The lanceolate shaped bractlets are in 2 series with the apices acuminate in shape. The 14 to 25 mm wide involucres are green to dark green or brownish green with the tips dark gray or purplish. The florets number 40 to over 100 per head, having corollas that are yellow or orange-yellow in color. The fruits, which are called cypselae, range in color from olive-green or olive-brown to straw-colored to grayish, they are oblanceoloid in shape and 2 to 3 mm long with slender beaks. The fruits have 4 to 12 ribs that have sharp edges. The silky [[Pappus (flower structure)|pappi]], which form the parachutes, are white to silver-white in color and around 6 mm wide. Plants typically have 24 or 40 pairs of chromosomes but some plants have 16 or 32 chromosomes.<ref name="efloras.org"/> Plants have milky sap and the leaves are all basal, each flowering stem lacks bracts and has one single flower head. The yellow flower heads lack receptacle bracts and all the flowers, which are called [[floret]]s, are ligulate and bisexual. The fruits are mostly produced by [[apomixis]].<ref name="Morley1969"/> It blooms from March until October,<ref name="The Wild Flower Key"/> | ||
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| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | [[Image:Dandelion12.jpg|thumb|right|Ripe fruits]] | ||
| + | The taxonomy of the genus ''[[Taraxacum]]'' is complicated by [[apomictic]] and [[polyploid]] lineages,<ref name="Wittzell1999"/><ref name="Dijk2003"/> and the taxonomy and nomenclatural situation of ''Taraxacum officinale'' is not yet fully resolved,<ref name="efloras.org"/> The taxonomy of this species has in the past been complicated by the recognition of numerous species,<ref name="Tutin1976"/> [[subspecies]] and [[microspecies]]. E.g. Rothmaler's flora of Germany recognizes roughly 70 microspecies.<ref name="Exkursionsflora: Kritischer Ergänzungsband Gefäßpflanzen"/> | ||
| + | The plants introduced to North America are triploids that reproduce by obligate gametophytic apomixis<ref name="efloras.org"/><ref name="Clonal diversity in ''Taraxacum officinale'' (Compositae), an apomict"/> Some authorities recognize three subspecies of ''Taraxacum officinale'' including:<ref name="ITIS Standard Report Page: Taraxacum officinale"/><ref name="BarnesNelson2007"/> | ||
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| + | *''Taraxacum officinale'' ssp. ''ceratophorum'' (Ledeb.) Schinz ex Thellung which is commonly called common dandelion, fleshy dandelion, horned dandelion or rough dandelion. It is native to Canada and the western US.<ref name="usda"/> Some sources list it as a species, ''Taraxacum ceratophorum''.<ref name="Taraxacum ceratophorum"/><ref name="efloras"/> | ||
| + | *''Taraxacum officinale'' ssp. ''officinale'', which is commonly called common dandelion or wandering dandelion. | ||
| + | *''Taraxacum officinale'' ssp. ''vulgare ''(Lam.) Schinz & R. Keller, which is commonly called common dandelion. | ||
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| + | Two of them have been introduced and established in Alaska and the third (ssp. ceratophorum ) is native there.<ref name="Httpakweedsuaaalaskaedupdfsspecies_bios_pdfsSpecies_bios_TAOFpdf"/> | ||
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| + | ''Taraxacum officinale'' has historically had many English common names including: blowball, lion's-tooth, cankerwort, milk-witch, yellow-gowan, Irish daisy, monks-head, priest's-crown and puff-ball;<ref name="An illustrated flora of the northern United States and Canada: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian"/> other common names include, faceclock, pee-a-bed, wet-a-bed, canker-wort,<ref name="nps"/> and swine's snout.<ref name="Loewer2001"/> | ||
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| + | [[Carl Linnaeus]] named the species ''[[Leontodon]] Taraxacum'' in 1753. The genus name ''Taraxacum'', might be from the [[Arabic]] word "''Tharakhchakon''",<ref name="Morley1969"/> or from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word "''Tarraxos''".<ref name="Kowalchik"/> The common name "dandelion," comes from the [[French language|French]] phrase "''dent de lion''" which means "lion's tooth", in reference to the jagged shaped foliage.<ref name=Kowalchik/> | ||
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| + | ==Weeds== | ||
| + | ''Taraxacum officinale'' is a common colonizer after fires, both from wind blown seeds and seed germination from the seed bank.<ref name="Taraxacum officinale"/> The seeds remain viable in the seed bank for many years, with one study showing germination after nine years.<ref name="en.wikipedia.org"/> This species is a somewhat prolific seed producer, with 54 to 172 seeds produced per head, and a single plant can produce more than 5,000 seeds a year.<ref name="en.wikipedia.org"/> It is estimated that more than 97,000,000 seeds/[[hectare]] could be produced yearly by a dense stand of dandelions. When released, the seeds can be spread by the wind up to several hundred meters from their source, the seeds are also a common contaminate in crop and forage seeds. The plants are adaptable to most soils and the seeds are not dependent on cold temperatures before they will germinate but they need to be within the top 2.5 centimeters of soil.<ref name="Httpakweedsuaaalaskaedupdfsspecies_bios_pdfsSpecies_bios_TAOFpdf" /> | ||
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| + | Dandelion (''Taraxacum officinale'') has also been linked to outbreaks of [[stringhalt]] in horses.<ref name="eques"/><ref name="theveterinarian"/> | ||
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| + | While not in bloom, this species is sometimes confused with others, such as: ''[[Chondrilla juncea]]'',<ref name="Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board"/> that have similar basal rosettes of foliage. | ||
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| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Common dandelion is native to Eurasia,<ref name="BojňanskýFargašová2007">{{cite book|author1=Vít Bojňanský|author2=Agáta Fargašová|title=Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora: The Carpathian Mountains Region|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QSMe0qHGVaAC&pg=PA751|accessdate=29 October 2010|year=2007|publisher=シュプリンガー・ジャパン株式会社|isbn=9781402053610|pages=751–}}</ref> and now is naturalized throughout North America, southern Africa, South America, New Zealand, Australia, and India. It occurs in all 50 states of the USA and most Canadian provinces.<ref name="Httpakweedsuaaalaskaedupdfsspecies_bios_pdfsSpecies_bios_TAOFpdf"/> | ||
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| + | ==Uses== | ||
| + | [[File:Plate of Wehani rice with sauteed dandelion greens.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A plate of sauteed dandelion greens, with [[Wehani rice]]]] | ||
| + | While the dandelion is considered a [[weed]] by most gardeners and lawn owners, the plant has several [[culinary]] uses. The specific name ''officinalis'' refers to its value as a [[herb|medicinal herb]], and is derived from the word ''opificina'', later ''officina'', meaning a workshop or pharmacy.<ref name="terminology"/> The flowers are used to make [[Fruit wine#Dandelion wine|dandelion wine]],<ref name="Recipes - Dandelion Wine"/> the greens are used in salads, the roots have been used to make a coffee-like drink and the plant was used by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]s as a food and medicine. | ||
| + | <ref name="Edible and useful plants of California">{{Cite book | author=Clarke, Charlotte Bringle | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=Edible and useful plants of California | year=1977 | publisher=University of California Press | location=Berkeley | isbn=0-520-03261-6 | page=191}}</ref> | ||
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| + | Dandelions are grown commercially on a small scale as a [[leaf vegetable]]. The leaves (called dandelion greens) can be eaten cooked or raw in various forms, such as in [[soup]] or [[salad]]. They are probably closest in character to [[Mustard plant|mustard]] greens. Usually the young leaves and unopened buds are eaten raw in salads, while older leaves are cooked. Raw leaves have a slightly bitter taste. Dandelion salad is often accompanied with hard boiled [[egg (food)|egg]]s. The leaves are high in [[vitamin A]], [[vitamin C]] and [[iron]], carrying more iron and [[calcium]] than [[spinach]].<ref name="wildmanstevebrill"/> | ||
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| + | Dandelion flowers can be used to make dandelion [[wine]], for which there are many recipes.<ref name="jackkeller"/> It has also been used in a [[saison]] [[ale]] called Pissenlit (literally "wet the bed" in French) made by [[Brasserie Fantôme]] in [[Belgium]]. Another recipe using the plant is dandelion flower jam. Ground roasted dandelion root can be used as a [[coffee substitute]]. In [[Silesia]] and also other parts of Poland and world, dandelion flowers are used to make a honey substitute [[syrup]] with added lemon (so-called ''May-honey''). This "honey" is believed to have a medicinal value, in particular against liver problems.<ref name="wydawnictwo"/> | ||
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| + | Dandelion root is a registered drug in [[Canada]], sold principally as a [[diuretic]]. A hepatoprotective effect of chemicals extracted from dandelion root has been reported,<ref name="akademiai"/> and the plant is known for it's ability to treat [[jaundice]], [[cholecystitis]] and [[cirrhosis]]. The dandelion also affects the digestive system by acting as a mild [[laxative]], increasing appetite, and improving digestion.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stuart|first=Malcolm|title=The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Herbalism|year=1979|publisher=Grosset & Dunlap|location=New York|isbn=0-448-15472-2|pages=271|edition=1st Grosset & Dunlap ed.}}</ref> | ||
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| + | "[[Dandelion and burdock|Dandelion and Burdock]]" is a soft drink that has long been popular in the [[United Kingdom]] with authentic recipes sold by health food shops. It is unclear whether cheaper supermarket versions actually contain extracts of either plant. | ||
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| + | The milky latex has been used as a mosquito repellent;<ref name="ualberta"/> the milk has also been used to treat warts, as a folk remedy.<ref name="NHM"/> | ||
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| + | Yellow or green dye colours can be obtained from the flowers but little colour can be obtained from the roots of the plant.<ref name="natural"/> | ||
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| + | ''T. officinale'' is food for the [[caterpillar]]s of several [[Lepidoptera]] ([[butterflies]] and [[moth]]s), such as the [[tortrix moth]] ''[[Celypha rufana]]''. See also [[List of Lepidoptera that feed on dandelions]]. | ||
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Revision as of 11:13, 9 April 2012
Dichanthelium acuminatum is a species of grass from the genus Dichanthelium, in North America.
D. acuminatum forms a hybridization complex with other Dichanthelium species such as D. dichotomum, D. sphaerocarpon, D. ovale, and D. aciculare.
Description
Taraxacum officinale grows from generally unbranched taproots and produces one to more than ten stems that are typically 5 to 40 cm tall but sometimes up to 70 cm tall. The stems can be tinted purplish, they are upright or lax, and produce flower heads that are held as tall or taller than the foliage. The foliage is upright growing or horizontally orientated, with leaves having narrowly winged petioles or being unwinged. The stems can be glabrous or are sparsely covered with short hairs. The 5–45 cm long and 1–10 cm wide leaves are oblanceolate, oblong, or obovate in shape with the bases gradually narrowing to the petiole. The leaf margins are typically shallowly lobed to deeply lobed and often lacerate or toothed with sharp or dull teeth. The calyculi (the cup like bracts that hold the florets) is composed of 12 to 18 segments: each segment is reflexed and sometimes glaucous. The lanceolate shaped bractlets are in 2 series with the apices acuminate in shape. The 14 to 25 mm wide involucres are green to dark green or brownish green with the tips dark gray or purplish. The florets number 40 to over 100 per head, having corollas that are yellow or orange-yellow in color. The fruits, which are called cypselae, range in color from olive-green or olive-brown to straw-colored to grayish, they are oblanceoloid in shape and 2 to 3 mm long with slender beaks. The fruits have 4 to 12 ribs that have sharp edges. The silky pappi, which form the parachutes, are white to silver-white in color and around 6 mm wide. Plants typically have 24 or 40 pairs of chromosomes but some plants have 16 or 32 chromosomes.[1] Plants have milky sap and the leaves are all basal, each flowering stem lacks bracts and has one single flower head. The yellow flower heads lack receptacle bracts and all the flowers, which are called florets, are ligulate and bisexual. The fruits are mostly produced by apomixis.[2] It blooms from March until October,[3]
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of the genus Taraxacum is complicated by apomictic and polyploid lineages,[4][5] and the taxonomy and nomenclatural situation of Taraxacum officinale is not yet fully resolved,[1] The taxonomy of this species has in the past been complicated by the recognition of numerous species,[6] subspecies and microspecies. E.g. Rothmaler's flora of Germany recognizes roughly 70 microspecies.[7] The plants introduced to North America are triploids that reproduce by obligate gametophytic apomixis[1][8] Some authorities recognize three subspecies of Taraxacum officinale including:[9][10]
- Taraxacum officinale ssp. ceratophorum (Ledeb.) Schinz ex Thellung which is commonly called common dandelion, fleshy dandelion, horned dandelion or rough dandelion. It is native to Canada and the western US.[11] Some sources list it as a species, Taraxacum ceratophorum.[12][13]
- Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale, which is commonly called common dandelion or wandering dandelion.
- Taraxacum officinale ssp. vulgare (Lam.) Schinz & R. Keller, which is commonly called common dandelion.
Two of them have been introduced and established in Alaska and the third (ssp. ceratophorum ) is native there.[14]
Taraxacum officinale has historically had many English common names including: blowball, lion's-tooth, cankerwort, milk-witch, yellow-gowan, Irish daisy, monks-head, priest's-crown and puff-ball;[15] other common names include, faceclock, pee-a-bed, wet-a-bed, canker-wort,[16] and swine's snout.[17]
Carl Linnaeus named the species Leontodon Taraxacum in 1753. The genus name Taraxacum, might be from the Arabic word "Tharakhchakon",[2] or from the Greek word "Tarraxos".[18] The common name "dandelion," comes from the French phrase "dent de lion" which means "lion's tooth", in reference to the jagged shaped foliage.[18]
Weeds
Taraxacum officinale is a common colonizer after fires, both from wind blown seeds and seed germination from the seed bank.[19] The seeds remain viable in the seed bank for many years, with one study showing germination after nine years.[20] This species is a somewhat prolific seed producer, with 54 to 172 seeds produced per head, and a single plant can produce more than 5,000 seeds a year.[20] It is estimated that more than 97,000,000 seeds/hectare could be produced yearly by a dense stand of dandelions. When released, the seeds can be spread by the wind up to several hundred meters from their source, the seeds are also a common contaminate in crop and forage seeds. The plants are adaptable to most soils and the seeds are not dependent on cold temperatures before they will germinate but they need to be within the top 2.5 centimeters of soil.[14]
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) has also been linked to outbreaks of stringhalt in horses.[21][22]
While not in bloom, this species is sometimes confused with others, such as: Chondrilla juncea,[23] that have similar basal rosettes of foliage.
Distribution
Common dandelion is native to Eurasia,[24] and now is naturalized throughout North America, southern Africa, South America, New Zealand, Australia, and India. It occurs in all 50 states of the USA and most Canadian provinces.[14]
Uses
While the dandelion is considered a weed by most gardeners and lawn owners, the plant has several culinary uses. The specific name officinalis refers to its value as a medicinal herb, and is derived from the word opificina, later officina, meaning a workshop or pharmacy.[25] The flowers are used to make dandelion wine,[26] the greens are used in salads, the roots have been used to make a coffee-like drink and the plant was used by Native Americans as a food and medicine. [27]
Dandelions are grown commercially on a small scale as a leaf vegetable. The leaves (called dandelion greens) can be eaten cooked or raw in various forms, such as in soup or salad. They are probably closest in character to mustard greens. Usually the young leaves and unopened buds are eaten raw in salads, while older leaves are cooked. Raw leaves have a slightly bitter taste. Dandelion salad is often accompanied with hard boiled eggs. The leaves are high in vitamin A, vitamin C and iron, carrying more iron and calcium than spinach.[28]
Dandelion flowers can be used to make dandelion wine, for which there are many recipes.[29] It has also been used in a saison ale called Pissenlit (literally "wet the bed" in French) made by Brasserie Fantôme in Belgium. Another recipe using the plant is dandelion flower jam. Ground roasted dandelion root can be used as a coffee substitute. In Silesia and also other parts of Poland and world, dandelion flowers are used to make a honey substitute syrup with added lemon (so-called May-honey). This "honey" is believed to have a medicinal value, in particular against liver problems.[30]
Dandelion root is a registered drug in Canada, sold principally as a diuretic. A hepatoprotective effect of chemicals extracted from dandelion root has been reported,[31] and the plant is known for it's ability to treat jaundice, cholecystitis and cirrhosis. The dandelion also affects the digestive system by acting as a mild laxative, increasing appetite, and improving digestion.[32]
"Dandelion and Burdock" is a soft drink that has long been popular in the United Kingdom with authentic recipes sold by health food shops. It is unclear whether cheaper supermarket versions actually contain extracts of either plant.
The milky latex has been used as a mosquito repellent;[33] the milk has also been used to treat warts, as a folk remedy.[34]
Yellow or green dye colours can be obtained from the flowers but little colour can be obtained from the roots of the plant.[35]
T. officinale is food for the caterpillars of several Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), such as the tortrix moth Celypha rufana. See also List of Lepidoptera that feed on dandelions.
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