Lion's Tooth

The scourge of pristine, weed free, green lawn fascists everywhere, it's a lovely plant when it goes to seed.

It has an interesting cultural history, if the names for it and medicinal and food uses for it are an indication.

It's been used as a source for herbal remedies in Europe, North America and China to treat infections, bile and liver problems, and as a diuretic. It's been used to make wine, the leaves can be blanched and cooked like spinach, and more.

From Wikipedia: The English name, dandelion, is a corruption of the French "dent de lion" meaning "lion's tooth," referring to the coarsely toothed leaves. The plant is also known as blowball, cankerwort, doon-head-clock, witch's gowan, milk witch, lion's-tooth, yellow-gowan, Irish daisy, monks-head, priest's-crown and puff-ball; other common names include faceclock, pee-a-bed, wet-a-bed, swine's snout, white endive, and wild endive. . . . The colloquial German word Pusteblume (blow-flower) refers to the children's game of blowing away the seeds of the ripe taraxacum flower.