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[-] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago

Dandelions are now basically considered native around most of the globe. There is compelling evidence both ethnobotany and genetic that dandelion are native to both Eurasia and North America.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

Wait, what? Expand on this.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

And to expand on what the other commenter said, considering the logical side of it, those seeds seem very optimized to ride air currents around the entire hemisphere, especially when there's a storm that can get them very high up.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Exactly. They can move very far on wind currents as well as the fact they are useful plants for people. It would be very easy to carry some seeds or an entire plant with you when you move somewhere new. As well as the fact they are small enough to get caught on pant legs, shoes, clothes etc. to hitch a ride

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