How much do you know about the language of flowers and the promise of the dandelion?

The dandelion, also known as huanghua diding or popodding, is a plant commonly found from temperate to subtropical zones. The shape of the dandelion's leaf edges resembles a mouth full of sharp teeth. Its English name Dandelion comes from the French dent-de-lion, which literally means lion's tooth. The dandelion is a perennial herbaceous plant, its flower stem is hollow, and its flowers are bright yellow. After the fruit ripens, it takes the form of a white downy ball, forming a round dandelion globe; when the wind blows over it, it breaks apart into little white parachutes, each carrying a single seed.

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Dandelion: love that cannot stop

The language of flowers of the dandelion
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The language of flowers of the dandelion is love that cannot stop (can not stop love), love that could not stay (could not stay love). When you see the dandelion's seeds having to leave the mother plant in the wind, drifting away with the wind, and the wind never ceasing, the "little white parachute" seeds also never rest their steps - does this not symbolize love that cannot stop?

The language of flowers of the purple dandelion: for the pale purple dandelion, the language of flowers is "the legendary purple," with the attribute of darkness. Legend says that whoever finds a purple dandelion will gain perfect love. Please note: in fact, dandelions do not come in purple; the so-called "purple dandelion" refers to the thistle. The two have similar leaves, and their fruits are both achenes with white pappus, but thistle leaves bear thorns, and the petals and overall plant form also differ, so please take care to tell them apart.

The language of flowers of the flying-arrow dandelion: for the dandelion crowned with the name flying arrow, the language of flowers is "aiming at the marble," with the attribute of wind. The language of flowers of the dandelion: it has yellow flowers full of vitality, and its language of flowers is "cheerfulness," with the attribute of wind. The language of flowers of the autumn dandelion: the flowers of the autumn dandelion contain abundant nectar, so whenever the flowering season comes, bees swarm to it. Therefore its language of flowers is "temptation."

Close-up of a dandelion

Close-up of a dandelion's "little white parachute" seeds

The dandelion's yellow flowers, much like chrysanthemums

The legend of the dandelion
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Long ago, a sixteen-year-old girl fell ill with a breast abscess; her breast was red and swollen, and the pain was unbearable. But she was too ashamed to speak of it, so she simply endured it. Her mother found out about this. At that time society was feudal, and her mother, lacking knowledge, thought her daughter had done something shameful. Seeing her mother doubt her chastity, the girl was both ashamed and angry, and at night she secretly fled from home and threw herself into a river. At that time there was a fishing boat by the river, and an old man surnamed Pu and his daughter Xiaoying were casting nets to fish in the moonlight. They rescued the girl and asked her the reason for throwing herself into the river. The next day, Xiaoying dug up a kind of good herb from the mountain: emerald green lance-shaped leaves covered with white silky hairs, with serrated edges, and at the tip growing a loose white downy ball. When the wind blew, it separated and floated in the air, just like little parachutes. Xiaoying picked this little herb, washed it, pounded it into a paste, and applied it to the girl's breast abscess, and within a few days she was completely cured. To commemorate the fisherman father and daughter, this wild herb was called pugongying (dandelion), abbreviated as gongying.

The light, slender dandelion seeds easily leave the mother plant to fly, and then reproduce and take root

Dandelions on the open field, standing gracefully

The form of the dandelion seeds shown in the finest detail

Postscript: this beautiful legend may be fictional, but experiments have proven that the dandelion's good effect in treating breast abscess is real. Seen this way, the dandelion is a fine medicine that can cure illness and relieve worry for people. Not only that, although the dandelion's language of flowers feels a little sorrowful, when you think that it is the dandelion's way of reproducing and racing toward freedom, the dandelion's language of flowers takes on a touch of brave, resolute optimism!

But experiments have proven that the dandelion's good effect in treating breast abscess is real. Seen this way, the dandelion is a fine medicine that can cure illness and relieve worry for people. Not only that, although the dandelion's language of flowers feels a little sorrowful, when you think that it is the dandelion's way of reproducing and racing toward freedom, the dandelion's language of flowers takes on a touch of brave, resolute optimism!