Taraxacum officinale

Pissenlit - Dandelion

I find it interesting that the English word 'dandelion' is derived from the French 'dent-de-lion' (because of the resemblance of the leaves to a lion's tooth) but that this name is not used in French anymore. The French name is 'pissenlit' - wet the bed' (the leaves are mildly diuretic).