Learning To Love Dandelions

SUMMARY: As we’ve become unmoored from nature, we’ve forgotten the importance and many uses of a variety of plants, especially the much-maligned dandelion

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flower. (Credit: Tarasna0922 / CC BY-SA 4.0)

The mere sight of dandelions is enough to fill some people with a murderous rage, especially those who define success in terms of growing a pristine unspotted lawn. But as a species, we humans have become unmoored from nature, and we’ve forgotten the importance and many uses of a variety of plants, particularly the much-maligned dandelion.