Dandelion Flower Look Alike. It is amazing that such a common weed has so many look alikes and can be easily misidentified. Photo taken 26jul08 from Juniata County Pennsylvania.
06112011 This flower head looks similar to and yet different from the dandelion flower head. They tend to curl laterally towards the center. 21052020 The California Dandelion Taraxacum Californicum is an endangered species native to North America that grows year-round in California but goes dormant in the winter.
The ray florets spread outward from the center.
Many look-alike plants have similar leaves but dandelion leaves are hairless. NeonciiStockGetty Images The dandelion belongs to the daisy family and is easily recognized by its sunny yellow flower head. First of all there are way too many leaves on a plant for a dandelion 2ndly all dandelion are flowering but this guy is not. As we stand back and look at the entire cats ear plant we can see its flower heads rise on stems above the basal rosette of leaves.