- Dandelion - Taraxacum spp. - English Common Names Dandelion, lion's tooth. - The English name dandelion is a corruption of the French dent de lion, "lion's tooth", generally interpreted as a reference to the coarsely toothed leaves. - French Common Names - Pissenlit, dent de lion, dent-de-lion. - The French pissenhit, literally "wet-a-bed," reflects the reputation of dandelion for stimulating the kidneys. - Morphology - Dandelion is a herbaceous perennial with a rosette of jagged, irregularly lo