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Indentification and Look-Alikes: Identification

Dandelion is identified by its yellow flower heads on hollow, hairless stems without leaves. The leaves form a basal rosette and contain a white milky sap. It can be mistaken for similar plants like hawkweed, hawksbeard, and wild lettuce which have multiple flower heads per stem rather than just one, and leaves or a hairy stem that dandelion lacks. The document provides a comparison chart of dandelion and common look-alikes to aid in proper identification.

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Indentification and Look-Alikes: Identification

Dandelion is identified by its yellow flower heads on hollow, hairless stems without leaves. The leaves form a basal rosette and contain a white milky sap. It can be mistaken for similar plants like hawkweed, hawksbeard, and wild lettuce which have multiple flower heads per stem rather than just one, and leaves or a hairy stem that dandelion lacks. The document provides a comparison chart of dandelion and common look-alikes to aid in proper identification.

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Dandelion

Indentification and Look-alikes

Identification
Dandelion Key Characteristics
Taraxacum officinale Checklist

Yellow flower heads

One flower head per stem,


medium width, 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Hollow stems

Stems and leaves contain a


white sap
Leaves usually deeply lobed

Leaves basal rosette only at


base of the plant. Not on stem
No hairs on stems and
leaves
Seed heads create white
globes

Look-alike Comparison
Common Name Genus Leaves Stem Flower
Dandelion Taraxacum Basal rosette only, milky sap, Hollow, milky sap, hairless, leaf- Single yellow flower head per
deeply lobed, hairless less, not branched stem, medium width
Hawkweed Hieracium Mostly basal, hairy, milky sap, Branched stems, hairy, milky Multiple yellow or deep orange
no lobes, small teeth sap, few leaves on stem flower heads per stem
Hawksbeard Crepis Immature plants have basal Branched stems, milky sap, Multiple yellow flower heads
rosette, lobed leaves on stem per stem, small width
Wild Lettuce Lactuca Lobed or toothed, milky sap, Branched stems, Milky sap Multiple blue or yellow flower
few hairs on underside heads, small width
False Dandelion Hypochaeris Basal rosette, hairy Solid, can be branched Multiple yellow flowers per
stem, large width
Hawkbit Leontodon Basal rosette only, hairy Solid, leafless, not branched Single yellow flower head per
stem, large width
Salsify, Goat’s Tragopogon Grass-like blades, no lobes Few stem branches Yellow or sometimes purple
Beard flower head, large width
Sow Thistle Sonchus Lobed leaves, prickles on the Hollow stem, milky sap Multiple yellow flower heads
edges, milky sap per stem, small width
Chichory Cichorium Lobed and toothed Soild, branching, few leaves Blue flower heads

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