Talk:Taraxacum

One sentence completely conflicts with what the one right before it says.

"The plant was used as food and medicine by Native Americans." AND THEN... "Dandelions probably arrived in North America on the Mayflower—not as stowaways, but brought on purpose for their medicinal benefits." Sorry, what? 😕 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:3CA:4100:B0ED:78E6:422:4FE0:862E (talk) 05:15, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

The answer I believe is both are true. There are many species of Dandelions. You can find in this article by the USDA that there is a native species [Horned dandelion (Taraxacum ceratophorum)] https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/taraxacum_ceratophorum.shtml#:~:text=Horned%20Dandelion%20(Taraxacum%20ceratophorum),-By%20Charmaine%20Delmatier&text=Unlike%20its%20exotic%20weedy%20relative,most%20often%20in%20alpine%20environments. The Horned Dandelion is native to North America

The original settlers who came introduced a European variety (Taraxacum officinale) into New England where it did not grow natively. https://cals.cornell.edu/weed-science/weed-profiles/dandelion 134.22.103.152 (talk) 19:07, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Confusing history in early America

How could they have been used by the Native Americans if they were brought over on the Mayflower? This section probably needs some review. 208.66.149.77 (talk) 21:12, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

The answer I believe is both are true. There are many species of Dandelions. You can find in this article by the USDA that there is a native species [Horned dandelion (Taraxacum ceratophorum)] https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/taraxacum_ceratophorum.shtml#:~:text=Horned%20Dandelion%20(Taraxacum%20ceratophorum),-By%20Charmaine%20Delmatier&text=Unlike%20its%20exotic%20weedy%20relative,most%20often%20in%20alpine%20environments. The Horned Dandelion is native to North America

The original settlers who came introduced a European variety (Taraxacum officinale) into New England where it did not grow natively. https://cals.cornell.edu/weed-science/weed-profiles/dandelion 134.22.103.152 (talk) 19:07, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Title of article is italicized?

The title of the article ("Taraxacum") appears both boldface and italicized, but this is inconsistent with other articles, which normally seem to be in bold but NOT italics.

How do we edit the way the title of the article is displayed? I've tried looking through the wikitext help-pages but can not yet find an explanation?

It's not serious, just a bit of wierdness because it's inconsistent and there is no obvious fix?

~Teledildonix314~Talk~411~ 18:36, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Never mind, i am now finding the explanation that an article about a botanical genus is actually supposed to be italicized, and is only non-italics for higher taxonomic ranks, so please disregard my earlier question. ~Teledildonix314~Talk~411~ 18:46, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Time for another RM?

I missed the 2016 "no consensus" RM to move the page title to its common name (i.e Ray Bradbury's book probably wouldn't have sold well if named Taraxacum Wine, and Taraxacum wine has a certain unring to it, I'll set up a redirect to the book just in case), is it time for another try? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:53, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Herbalism Could Use Improvement

First I wanted to say that I am new to editing, I am doing this for a college class. I am hoping for editor feedback, so please provide your input on what edits I should make.

I wanted to add a few things:

Dandelions can be used to potentially treat obesity. Dandelion components play a significant role in the control of lipid metabolism and adipogenesis. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956107 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3271/3/2/38

A water-soluble polysaccharide from Dandelion possesses efficacious antioxidant and hypoglycemic properties. https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/8/1485

Dandelion root is a source of natural antimicrobial compounds. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25644491/

Dandelion leaves have been shown to possibly decrease growth of cancer cells. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18425335/

Dandelion Root Extracts (DRE) could engage and effectively target multiple vulnerabilities of cancer cells. Therefore, DRE could be a non-toxic and effective anti-cancer alternative. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27564258/

Thanks! MsKatieJones (talk) 07:03, 18 April 2024 (UTC)