Stock photography, photos: Common Dandelion Flower Stock photos of Close-up up a Common Dandelion flower in early Spring. The scientific name for this species is Taraxacum officinale and is in the Sunflower or Asteraceae family . Photographed in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky USA. Photograph: © Jim Lane Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: America, Asteraceae, Bluegrass, Common Dandelion, KY, Kentucky, North America, Sunflower, Taraxacum officinale, U.S., U.S.A., US, USA, United States, angiosperm, bloom, blossom, close up, close-up, closeup, color, colour, eastern, flower, forest, herbaceous, horizontal, south, southern, yellow