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 ...

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.