Dandelions usually bloom from April to September.If you want it to bloom early, you need to provide sufficient light, which is conducive to the differentiation of flower buds.In addition, it is necessary to supplement fertilizers, especially phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, which have a good effect of promoting flowering.In addition, we should pay attention to water control and extend the watering interval, so that plants can transfer nutrients from growth to reproduction, and naturally blossom.
1. Root: The root of dandelion usually grows in a curved shape, with a length of about 4-10 cm.The surface of the root is brown, some wrinkled, and the top is brown or yellow-white hairs.
2. Leaves: The leaves of dandelion are lanceolate, 4-20 cm long and 1-5 cm wide.Some of the top of the leaf has a blunt tip, the edge has wavy teeth, some pinnatifid, the top of the lobe is very large, mostly triangular, each side has 3-5 lobes.Its petioles and veins are reddish purple, with arachnoid white pubescence.
3. Flowers: The flowers of dandelion grow at the top of the scape.The scape is as long as the leaf, purplish red above, and densely arachnoid pilose.Its flowers are capitulum, about 3-4 centimeters in diameter.Involucral bracts are campanulate, light green in color, with 2-3 layers.The edge of the outermost layer is broad membranous, light green at the bottom, purplish red at the top, and some protrusions.The inner layer is larger and the top is purplish red.Its ligulate flowers are yellow with purplish red stripes on the back.
4. Fruit: The fruit of dandelion is an achene, mostly lanceolate, dark brown in color, only 4-5 mm in length and about 1 mm in width.It has small thorns on the top, slender, white pappus, and will float away when the wind blows.
