You don’t need a dandelion to know which way the wind blows. But it can help. On any given dandelion, some seeds are destined to go north, while others are fated to fly east, south or west, and ...

Nature hides small wonders in unexpected places - even in common dandelions. When softened by water, dandelion stems can be ...

Scientists discover that dandelion seeds are basically magic. By Mike Wehner. Published May 6th, 2021 11:27PM EDT. Image: Romolo Tavani/Adobe.

Dandelion seeds are some of the best flying seeds in nature, catching the wind with their fluffy parachutes, and allowing them to disperse as far as 100 kilometers away from their mother.

Although most dandelion seeds travel less than 2 m from their flowers, seeds can easily travel over 100 km in warm, dry air. Fluid mechanics. A pappus has 100–110 filaments, which together have a ...

Fact check: Image falsely shows Mercury, Venus and Saturn aligned with the pyramids of Giza Dandelion-seed travel rate. It's true that dandelion seeds can travel far distances; however, they are ...

The dandelion seed holds the record as the farthest travelling passive flying structure that we know of in the plant world, flying up to 100 kilometres. Now, researchers from the University of ...

The physics behind dandelion seed plume dispersal revealed. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 27, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 11 / 171120090045.htm ...

Applications of corn gluten supposedly inhibit the germination of dandelion seeds. Studies are divided on its effectiveness. Some say that it works better in the Midwest than other parts of the ...

A NEW species of dandelion has been found growing on a remote island. The plant was discovered when seeds were collected two years ago on Hirta in the St Kilda archipelago, 41 miles west of ...