Ready for Takeoff

Posted by Steven (Chicagoland, United States) on 5 August 2009 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

After pollination and flowering is finished, the taraxacum officinale, commonly known as the dandelion, dries out for a day or two and then the seed-bearing parachutes expand and lift out of the dried flower head. The dried part of the flower drops off and the parachute ball opens into a full sphere, ready for the wind to take seeds, or achenes, away. Photo taken July 7, 2009.

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