Vera aloe has been a household remedy for burns for millennia. It still works.
| Vera aloe, Aloe vera |
The dandelion is a plant everybody knows. That is quite a distinction since so many people are oblivious to the plants around them. And because dandelions are not particularly distinctive. There are many plants with similar yellow flowers and others with a puff-ball seed head. It is not the dandelion's unique shapes that make it so widely recognized, but rather because it is so common.
| common dandelion, Taraxacum officinale seen in Seattle, Washington |