A dandelion seed head, Taraxacum Officinale, in an English summer garden. Known as a "dandelion clock".

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A dandelion seed head, Taraxacum Officinale, in an English summer garden. Known as a "dandelion clock". It has many other common English Blowball, lion's-tooth, cankerwort, milk-witch, yellow-gowan, Irish daisy, monks-head, priest's-crown and puff-ball, faceclock, pee-a-bed, wet-a-bed, canker-wort, and swine's snout. The well-known flower is yellow. A 50mm macro shot with a well out of focus background.

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Size: 2660px × 4000px
Location: Watchfield, Swindon,Wiltshire, England,UK
Photo credit: © Derek Gale / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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