Rauer Löwenzahn

An easily grown and tolerant plant[K], it prefers a sunny position in a well-drained soil and does well on clay. A good bee and butterfly plant, it grows well in the spring meadow.

Edible Parts: Leaves Edible Uses: Coffee Young leaves - raw or cooked. Neither the taste nor the texture are by any means wonderful, but the leaves are acceptable raw, particularly since they can be available in the late winter. The roasted root is a coffee substitute.

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