Has a rosette base producing several flowering stems and multiple leaves.

Can grow as high as 25-30 cm.

Has deeply-notched, basal leaves that are hairless. Leaves are 5 to 25 cm or longer and they form a rosette above the central taproot.

The flower heads are yellow to orange colored, and are open in the daytime but closed at night.

The heads are borne singly on a hollow stem that is usually leafless and rises 1–10 cm or more above the leaves. 

Due to its highly mobile, wind and wish dispersed seeds, invasions can spread rapidly. 

Dandelions have deep taproots that sprout new leaves when the entire root isn’t removed.