More Dandelion Discoveries

It didn't take long for my dandelions to go to seed. One of the things you discover, when you take a closer look at dandelions, is that each of those "petals" is actually a flower. And each of those flowers produces a seed. And each of those seeds is able to grow into a new dandelion plant that will ... produce more flowers!

A few things to wonder about dandelions:

• how tall can they grow?
• how many flowers can each plant produce?
• how many seeds are there in a puffball head?
• how many thin filaments in each fluffy "parachute"?
• how far can a seed/parachute travel?
• how long does it take for a seed to turn into a new dandelion plant?
• how much does a yellow dandelion flower weigh? how much does a fluffy seed head weigh?
• does anything eat dandelion seeds? what do they taste like?