1. Some dandelions, Taraxacum, are diplosporous gametophytic Apomicts

2. Achene micromorphology and its taxonomic significance in some species in Taraxacum sect

3. Taraxacum officinale, the common dandelion, exists both as diploid sexuals and triploid Apomicts

4. Chrysopidae are attracted mainly by Asteraceae – e.g. calliopsis (Coreopsis), cosmos (Cosmos), sunflowers (Helianthus) and dandelion (Taraxacum) – and Apiaceae such as dill (Anethum) or angelica (Angelica).

5. You can find here: Carex humilis, Carex pediformis, Aconitum anthora, Aster linosyris, Aster amellus, Genista tinctoria ssp campestris, Achillea pannonica, Taraxacum leavigatum, Melica picta, Melica altissima, Astragalus danicus, Clematis recta.

6. Actinomycin D was found to inhibit the increase in hydrolase activity induced in dandelion (Taraxacum officinale Weber) root tissue by treatment with 10−5 M solutions of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D).

7. This research was carried out on plants Taraxacum officinale, Plantago lanceolata, Betula pendula and Robinia pseudoacacia growing in urban Biotopes with different levels of heavy metal contamination in the city of Dąbrowa Górnicza (southern Poland)