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The '''dandelion family''' is a family of plants in the main three [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]] as well as {{hp}}, and it consists of two members. These plants exist in real life as well, under the family name {{w|Asteraceae}}.

==Members==
===Dandelion===
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Scientific name: ''Taraxacum officinale''

The Dandelion is a rare, yellow-petaled plant in the first two [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]]. It only appears on [[The Forest of Hope]], the [[Awakening Wood]] and the [[Snagret Hole]], as well as some [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]] locations. It serves merely for decoration.

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===Seeding Dandelion===
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{{main|Seeding Dandelion}}

Scientific name: ''Taraxacum ventulus''

The Seeding Dandelion is a [[plant]] in ''Pikmin 2'', ''Pikmin 3'', and ''Hey! Pikmin''. In the main games, it is even rarer than the [[Dandelion]], appearing only on the [[Perplexing Pool]] and the [[Sniper Room]]. If it's touched, some of its seeds detach and float away. In ''Hey! Pikmin'', it is much smaller, and Pikmin that touch it stop walking and jump in, until the player whistles them again. Seeds nearly identical to the ''Pikmin 2'' and ''Pikmin 3'' versions can also be seen in cutscenes.
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==Naming==
The dandelion family's name comes directly from its members, the Dandelion and the Seeding Dandelion.

===Names in other languages===
{{foreignname
|Jap=キク科
|JapR=Kiku Ka
|JapM={{w|Asteraceae}}
|SpaA=Diente de león
|SpaAM=Dandelion
|Ger=Löwenzahn
|GerM=Dandelion
}}

==Trivia==
*The [[Creeping Chrysanthemum]] shares the genus name ''Taraxacum'', even though it is part of the [[chrysanthemum family]]. In real life, this is impossible, as different species cannot be in the same genus and different families.
*In the Japanese [[region|version]], the [[Margaret]] belongs to the same family as the Dandelion and Seeding Dandelion, as in real life.

==See also==
* [[Clover family]]
* [[Fern family]]
* [[Figwort family]]

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