Hasn't anyone of you ever been out in the nature? Like.... I learned that when I was 4
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Yea, I thought they just got uncreative with the naming and used dandelion twice. Though, I grew up not knowing the wish flower was called a dandelion until highschool. I was always told it was something else, and since it's so different looking I failed to make the connection :/
In the part of northern germany where I come from we even use two different colloquial names for it. The yellow is called "Butterblume" (Butter flower, this is not a botanical name and is used for three or four different yellow flowers), when it's wilted, we call them "Pusteblume" (pretty much like the englsih "blowball"). The botanical name is nice though: Loewenzahn (Lions tooth, because of the shape of the leafs)
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Hmm... when I google it, there's a majority of Hahnenfuss pictures but also a few pics of Loewenzahn.
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Just checked the Wiki entry for Loewenzahn, and "Butterblume" is in fact a local thing in parts of northern germany. Which is where I'm from. I thought it was more common. So I'm going to edit my post above...
We Hungarians have like at least 5 different names for them so you can argue if it's a "gyermekláncfű" (literal translation: kidchaingrass) or a "kutyatej" (dogmilk)
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Just checked the Wiki entry for Loewenzahn, and "Butterblume" is in fact a local thing in parts of northern germany. Which is where I'm from. I thought it was more common. So I'm going to edit my post above...