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Old 12-05-2011, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Owdboggy View Post
There are a fair number of Dandelion like seed heads on tall plants with Dandelion like leaves. Possibly this is Goat's Beard. Cannot remember the proper name for it.
Sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus or Sonchus asper. Goatsbeard has linear leaves (it's Tragapogon pratensis, a close relative of salsify, T porrifolius).
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