Is Sex Necessary?: For Dandelions, Apparently Not.

Send In The Clones
Few plants generate such annoyance among suburban homeowners with immaculate lawnscapes as the common dandelion (in North America, most likely Taraxacum officinale).
Despite efforts to eradicate them using chemical warfare (see here for info on such herbicides), the dandelions exhibit a remarkable ability to proliferate.
And they do so likely because they produce seeds [...]

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