The dentylion (Taraxacum officinale) an pairt o the Asteraceae faimily, is kent as the dandillie or witch gowan an aw.
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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 F.H. Wigg | |
Synonyms | |
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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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