![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/871/jpeg/09t.jpg) Mature seed head of common dandelion (Taraxanum officinale) showing parasol-like pappus attached to seed-bearing achenes in Sosnovka Park in Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3480/jpeg/23t.jpg) Seed head of common dandelion (Taraxanum officinale) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1413/jpeg/13t.jpg) Malformed seed head of common dandelion (Taraxanum officinale) damaged by insects, near All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Pushkin (former Tsarsoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2896/jpeg/07t.jpg) Seed head of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2896/jpeg/11t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2892/jpeg/16t.jpg) Seed head of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/960/jpeg/23t.jpg) Globular seed head of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3357/jpeg/15t.jpg) Seed head of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3103/jpeg/20t.jpg) Fluffy seed head common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2519/jpeg/27t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/711/jpeg/09t.jpg) Seed head of common dandelion in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, February 13, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/652/jpeg/05t.jpg) Seed head of Texas dandelion in Lick Creek Park. College Station, June 15, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/650/jpeg/21t.jpg) Dandelion seed head near Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2233/jpeg/20t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 4, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2555/jpeg/18t.jpg) Seed head of false dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2896/jpeg/08t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1467/jpeg/13t.jpg) Seed head of Texas dandelion in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1464/jpeg/18t.jpg) Seed head of Texas dandelion in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 22, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1321/jpeg/28t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) taken from a lawn near apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, January 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3500/jpeg/13t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 28, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/767/jpeg/19t.jpg) Seed head of common dandelion (Russian name Oduvanchik) with a mosquito west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/699/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fire ants on a flower of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2062/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flowers of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Udelny Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2062/jpeg/17t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) in Udelny Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1822/jpeg/21t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) near train station of Komarovo, 25 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3511/jpeg/04t.jpg) Seed head of false dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/943/jpeg/23t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1606/jpeg/08t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) in Alexandria Park in Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2700/jpeg/18t.jpg) Fluffy flower head of false dandelion in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2499/jpeg/01t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/638/jpeg/18t.jpg) Seed pod of Texas dandelion in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/944/jpeg/26t.jpg) Close up of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) in Sablino, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 21, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2499/jpeg/02t.jpg) Yellow flower of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/754/jpeg/04t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1825/jpeg/14t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/783/jpeg/12t.jpg) Opening spherical seed head of a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 30, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1061/jpeg/15t.jpg) Seed head of wild carrot (Daucus pusillus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3211/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of cattails (Typha) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1074/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dry seed head of black eyed susan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3180/jpeg/05t.jpg) Seed head of cattails (typha) on a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3252/jpeg/30t.jpg) Seed head of a plant of aster family in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3005/jpeg/18t.jpg) Seed head of tickseed sunflower (Bidens) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3372/jpeg/26t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2261/jpeg/04t.jpg) Seed head of Antelope horns milkweed (Asclepias viridis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1061/jpeg/16t.jpg) Umbrella like seed head of wild carrot (Daucus pusillus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1061/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close up of a seed head of wild carrot (Daucus pusillus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2060/jpeg/11t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) on a lawn in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 5, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/895/jpeg/20t.jpg) Stink bug nymph on a seed head of soft golden aster in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 29, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/714/jpeg/24t.jpg) Seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus) with fluffy pappus attached to seed-bearing achenes in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, February 22, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3183/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dry seed head of basket flower (Centaurea americana) on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3479/jpeg/04t.jpg) Common blue violet (Viola sororia) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/680/jpeg/01t.jpg) Stink bug nymph (Euschistus) on a seed head of frostweed in Lick Creek Park, on Iron Bridge Trail. College Station, Texas, October 19, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3413/jpeg/07t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of a dry plant of soft golden aster (Bradburia pilosa) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2503/jpeg/16t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2763/jpeg/18t.jpg) Camouflaged stink(?) bug on a brown seed head of soft golden aster (Bradburia pilosa) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3472/jpeg/08t.jpg) Winter rosette of Texas dandelion(?) on a lawn on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 16, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/887/jpeg/18t.jpg) Closed flower and a seed head of soft golden aster (Bradburia pilosa, Heterotheca, Chrysopis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 17, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2694/jpeg/02t.jpg) False dandelion seed head on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2738/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dandelion like seed head on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/842/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dandelion like seed head in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3402/jpeg/17t.jpg) Immature seed head of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on sewage line right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3505/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flower bud of false dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3505/jpeg/03t.jpg) False dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) with a brown moth in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/11t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of Texas dandelion (Pyrrhopappus) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3505/jpeg/16t.jpg) Blooming false dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) with a brown moth in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3505/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flower of false dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) with a brown moth in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2992/jpeg/21t.jpg) Seed head of firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) near the creek in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2992/jpeg/22t.jpg) Globular seed head of firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) near the creek in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2485/jpeg/28t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of a plant of aster family in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2741/jpeg/09t.jpg) Seed head of firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) near the creek under power lines in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3485/jpeg/22t.jpg) Fluffy head of cattail (Typha) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1781/jpeg/19t.jpg) Seed head and a flower of a plant Koelpinia linearis of dandelion family in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/706/jpeg/10t.jpg) Seed head of sow thistle (Sonchus) with fluffy pappus attached to seed-bearing achenes in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, January 31, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3459/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close-up of cotyledons (seed leaves) of seedlings collected and deposited by rainwater in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3459/jpeg/16t.jpg) Densly packed cotyledons (seed leaves) of seedlings collected and deposited by rainwater in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3527/jpeg/14t.jpg) Common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3133/jpeg/16t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of Texas dandelion (Pyrrhopappus) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1316/jpeg/23t.jpg) Dandelion flower (Taraxacum officinale) taken from Park Hudson Trail South. Bryan, Texas, December 20, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3527/jpeg/15t.jpg) Underside of common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3458/jpeg/11t.jpg) Ice crystals on common chickweed (Stellaria media) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1418/jpeg/25t.jpg) Flower of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3524/jpeg/03t.jpg) Head of common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) in a depression on a lawn in Bee Creek Park, May 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3458/jpeg/10t.jpg) Common chickweed (Stellaria media) with morning freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3509/jpeg/27t.jpg) Common tarcrust fungus (Diatrype stigma) on a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3528/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3515/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of common fieldcap mushroom (Agrocybe pediades)(?) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3514/jpeg/26t.jpg) Common tarcrust fungus (Diatrype stigma) on a small fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3459/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cotyledons (seed leaves) of seedlings collected and deposited by rainwater on Raccoon Run Trail west from a water treatment plant in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3515/jpeg/02t.jpg) Common tarcrust fungus (Diatrype stigma) on thin brances of a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3515/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cap of common fieldcap mushroom (Agrocybe pediades)(?) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3509/jpeg/28t.jpg) Common tarcrust fungus (Diatrype stigma) on dry branches of a recently fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2642/jpeg/24t.jpg) Common puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon perlatum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2865/jpeg/27t.jpg) Common resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3515/jpeg/04t.jpg) Gills of a common fieldcap mushroom (Agrocybe pediades)(?) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3515/jpeg/01t.jpg) Close-up of common tarcrust fungus (Diatrype stigma) on thin brances of a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2865/jpeg/28t.jpg) Close-up of common resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1705/jpeg/14t.jpg) Panicle inflorescence (seed head) of common reed grass (Phragmites australis) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, December 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1705/jpeg/15t.jpg) Soft inflorescence (seed head) of common reed grass (Phragmites australis) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, December 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1705/jpeg/16t.jpg) Brown terminal inflorescence (seed head) of common reed grass (Phragmites australis) in dew on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, December 18, 2015
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