Dandelion

Familiar dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is a symbol of both humble nourishment and powerful resistance. Every part of the dandelion is a food, its sweet flowers furnishing dandelion wine and fritters, its bitter leaves serving as a cleansing and detoxifying spring green, and a brew made from its root dispensing a sweeter (if fall-harvested and roasted) or more bitter (if spring-harvested and raw) coffee-like drink. This plant is a vitamin-rich liver and gallbladder support agent. Growing up through the cracks of the sidewalk, it reminds us of the tenacity of life.