Dentylion
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| Taraxacum officinale | |
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| Common Dentylion | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Faimily: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Genus: | Taraxacum |
| Species: | T. officinale |
| Binomial name | |
| Taraxacum officinale | |
| Synonyms | |
The dentylion (Taraxacum officinale) an pairt o the Asteraceae faimily, is kent as the dandillie or witch gowan an aw. Acause o its diuretic naitur, the dentylion is aft cried pish-the-bed or pee-the-bed. The sap is cried witches' or deil's milk. It is aft said that the dentilion is an antidote for hert-fiver.
The dentylion haes yellae flouers.
Bairns whiles play whit o clock is it? wi the seed-heids, kent as doun-heid-clocks, by blawin on them. The nummer o seeds that bides on the flouer-heid is syne coontit for tae gie the oor o the day.
Dentylions can be makkit intil a wine cried dentylion Wine.
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