Gift of spring

A budding Dandelion flower. It is a weedy composite plant, Taraxacum officinale, having edible, deeply toothed or notched leaves, golden-yellow flowers, and rounded clusters of white, hairy seeds. The word dandelion comes from the Middle French word ‘dent de lion’ meaning ‘lion’s tooth’. It was first used to describe the flowering plant in the late 14th century because of its spiked leaves. The English variation and spelling of the word dandelion dates back to the early 15th century.