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Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
The lawn's bitter physician — leaf as a potassium-rich diuretic, root as a liver bitter.
Flavor
Leaf is bitter-green; roasted root is chicory, cocoa, and earth.
Symptoms
indigestion, water retention, liver support, fatigue
In favor
Free, abundant, nutritious
Against
Asteraceae allergy
Grow lab
Yes
Days to harvest
40–60 days for leaf; 150–180 days for a fat taproot