First Dandelion, among Pines. . . (Taraxacum
officinale) Bane of suburbia, Native of Europe. They flower
seemingly all together in one of the first yellow waves of spring, usually
around the beginning of April.
Their gray fluffy heads of seeds appear in May. The rhythm of the transition
is very subtle. It
seems as if if it happens all at once -- that the yellow flowers close one
evening, and
then open with their parachute-like seeds fully formed the next
morning.
I always think of Walt Whitman's little poem when I see my first
one:
The first
Danedelion
Simple and fair from winter's close emerging,
Forth from its sunny nook of sheltered grass
innocent, golden, calm as dawn,
The spring's first dandelion shows its trustful face.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
(Photograph were made Thursday, the 11th of April,
2002)
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