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CAN YOU TELL THESE APART?
You eat one in salads. The other causes stringhalt in horses
SAFE
dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
hollow stem, milky sap, single flower per stem, toothed leaves
MILDLY TOXIC
cat's ear
Hypochaeris radicata
branching solid stems, hairy leaves, multiple flowers per stem
How to tell them apart
Single flower on hollow stem = dandelion. Branching solid stems = cat ear.
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