Dandelion Abstract Digital Painting
by Sandi OReilly
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Dandelion Abstract Digital Painting
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Sandi OReilly
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Photograph - Photography,painting, Digital Painting
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We and everyone else battles these weeds and sadly, spend lots of time and money on pesticides that are bad for us. I have several images of these plants as I find them very interesting in how they spread their seeds. Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ) is a common meadow herb of the Asteraceae or sunflower family. There are about 100 species of dandelion, and all are beneficial. This sun-loving beauty is a native of Greece, naturalized in temperate regions throughout the world, and familiar to nearly everyone. The perennial dandelion grows freely wherever it can find a bit of earth and a place in the sun. Dandelion's nutritive and medicinal qualities have been known for centuries.
Dandelion's common name is derived from the French dent de lion, a reference to the irregular and jagged margins of the lance-shaped leaves. There are numerous folk names for this widely-used herb. They include pissabed, Irish daisy, blow ball, lion's tooth, bitterwort, wild endive, priest's crown, doonheadclock, yellow gowan, puffball, clock flower, swine snort, fortune-teller, and cankerwort. The generic name is thought to be derived from the Greek words taraxos, meaning disorder, and akos, meaning remedy. Another possible derivation is from the Persian tark hashgun, meaning wild endive, one of dandelion's common names. The specific designation officinale indicates that this herb was officially listed as a medicinal. Dandelion held a place in the United States National Formulary from 1888 until 1965, and the dried root of dandelion is listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP). Fine Art Dandelion Abstract Photography Digital Painting by Sandi OReilly, All Rights Reserved and Copyrighted in the US and Internationally. No use of this image without my permission.
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