Does a Dandelion start out as a yellow flower or the poofy seed thing kids make wishes with?

my one friend just will not believe me that it starts out as a yellow flower. and i just want to know which one of us is right. so like right as it grows out of the ground is a dandelion a yellow flower OR the poofy seed thing?

Does a Dandelion start out as a yellow flower or the poofy seed thing kids make wishes with?
It comes up as a tight green bud, opens into a bright yellow flower, then the flower withers and the poofy seed things develop, ready to carry the seeds somewhere else so the whole process can begin again.


You are 100% correct in this.


Where do you live that there aren't dandelions around to demonstrate? In our yard, they grow year round and they are very vigorous in their growth.
Reply:That "poofy" thing is a dead dandelion, which was yellow.
Reply:It starts out as the yellow flower. As it dies it changes into the poofy seed thing.
Reply:First of it starts out as a doesnt start out as a white puffly thingy ma boober and it doesn't start out as a yellow flower ahem cough-weed-cough. Anydoodles it has its own cycle and second why in the world do you care! You must be like really bored or somethin
Reply:The yellow flower is waiting to be pollinated. Then the " poofy " thing are the seeds of the plant being distributed.
Reply:The normal development of any flower is sprouting, budding, blooming (the flower) and going to seed.





The flower is used to attract pollinators like bees and butterflies. They move from flower to flower and fertilize the female blooms with the male pollen. When that's done, the seeds can develop.





Dandelion seeds have "wings" because they are meant to be spread by the wind. Milkweed and yucca plants do the same thing. Cottonwood trees also have them.





Did you know that every part of the dandelion plant is edible? The young leaves can be added to salads. The blooms (flowers) can be fried in butter. You can even make dandelion wine from the plants. DO NOT DO THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW NO ONE HAS SPRAYED WEED KILLER ON THEM.
Reply:One of those seeds becomes a yellow flower and than turns into a bunch of seeds.