Ua aloha mākou āpau i kēia lau nahele kaulana i kekahi manawa, akā pehea kou ʻike e pili ana iā ia?
Inoa ʻepekema: ʻO AMARGÓN, CHICORIA OLECHUGUILLA Taraxacum officinale Weber.
Ohana: Compositae.
ʻO ka dandelion kekahi o nā mea kanu pono loa i ka panalāʻau ʻo Mexico. Kū i loko o ka nahelehele a me kāna mau waiwai nui he mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe, aperitif, laxative, diuretic, antirheumatic a me sudorific. ʻO nā ʻāpana i hoʻohana nui ʻia o ka Dandelion nā lau, ka pua a me ke aʻa. Ma ke kuke ʻana i kēia mau mea, loaʻa kahi wai e lawelawe ai e hōʻemi i ke aloha o ke ake, e lawe ana iā ia i wai no ka hoʻohana; ʻo ka hoʻoulu ʻana hoʻi o ka mea like ka lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi e mālama ai i nā pilikia o ka gallbladder, pono e ʻai ʻia no nā lā ʻekolu. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hoʻohana ʻia ka Dandelion a i ʻole Lechuguilla e hōʻemi ai i ka ʻeha o ka waha, ka huhū o ka maka, ke ʻano o ka akemā, ka puʻu, ka ʻāʻī a me ka mumū o nā mākala.
ʻO ka lau nahele ma lalo o 30 knm ke kiʻekiʻe, me nā lau e hana ana i kahi pōʻai ma ke kumu o ke koʻokoʻo a mai kahi e kupu ai nā pua melemele. ʻO kēia ka wā e hoʻomaloʻo ai i nā hua globose. Ma Mekiko e noho nei i ke anilā, mehana, hapa maloʻo a me nā anuanu, a ulu ma ka ʻāina mahiʻai e pili ana i ka nahelehele deciduous a sub-deciduous tropical; ʻōpala xerophilous, nā ululāʻau mesophilic mauna, ʻoka a me nā pine i hui ʻia.
