Scientific Name: Taraxacum officinale
Rosette-forming perennial with yellow flowers and taproot.
Diuretic; Bitter digestive; Hepatic support
Cool
Leaf/root tea; Tincture; Food
Tea: 2–4 g dried root or leaf per 250 mL water; Food: young leaves as salad/cooked greens
Ragweed-family sensitivity possible; diuretic effect.
Nettle leaf (diuretic); Artichoke leaf (digestive)
VASCAN
Erect, rhizomatous perennial with fernlike, bipinnate leaves and flat-topped clusters of small white to pink
