SeeBelow{at}SeeBelow.Nut wrote:
> Jeffrey Turner wrote:
> 
>>I have noticed the existence of stemless dandelions, ostensibly driven
>>by the advantage of being lower than lawn mower blades.  Has this
>>phenomena been published?  I'm neither a botanist nor biologist and am
>>curious about this, can anyone give me some information?  Thanks.
> 
> 
> I agree with your hypothesis.  I would be surprised if no one has
> researched this before, but perhaps no academic type has paid attention
> to his lawn.
> 
> Have you done a citeseer search on dandelion evolution?
> 
For what it's worth, I've tried a few searches in Web of Science, and 
found nothing.

I can only assume that any academic botanist rich enough to own a lawn 
is either out of active research, or so rich that they can employ their 
own gardener.

Bob

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