Dandelions can produce clones & more from WNY Gardening Matters

dandelions in bloom in Amherst NY
Photo by Connie Oswald Stofko

Dandelions can produce clones, according to an article by Carol Ann Harlos in WNY Gardening Matters.

These common plants can use a process called apomixis, which is asexual reproduction without fertilization. The plants produced are identical to the parent plant. Read more here.

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 WNY Gardening Matters is produced by the Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension in Erie County.

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