The People’s Apothecary Garden - Plant of the Week #4 - Dandelion

When people think of weeds, dandelions are often the first plant to pop into their imagination. But it turns out these spry little plants have many medicinal properties and can be healthy additions to your diet. The word dandelion is from French ‘dent de lion’, meaning lion’s tooth, due to the toothed outline of the leaves. Funnily enough, the French have a much more endearing name for dandelion, “pissenlit”, which means pee in bed!

To learn more about this common little plant, see the ThINC website for our plant card: https://www.thetisislandnatureconservancy.org/single-post/plant-of-the-week