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Taraxacum officinale - herbaceous perennial plant height of 10-30 cm. Charged to the family Asteraceae. Dandelion root powerful, vertical, brown, in the context of white. The leaves form a rosette, deeply lobed. Dandelion flowers are collected in inflorescence-baskets, yellow. The fruit of the plant is the achene with a tuft. It blooms in April - May, and its seeds ripen in June - July. Where the plant is common. Dandelion weed spread throughout Russia. It grows in meadows, gardens, vacant lots, lawns, roadsides. This is one of the most common plants in agriculture -Одуванчик лекарственный - травянистое многолетнее растение высотой 10-30 см. Отнесено к семейству сложноцветных. Корень одуванчика мощный, вертикальный, бурый, в разрезе белый. Его листья образуют прикорневую розетку, глубоко рассеченные. Цветки одуванчика собраны в соцветия-корзинки, желтого цвета. Плод растения представляет собой семянку с хохолком. Он цветет в апреле - мае, а его семена созревают в июне - июле. Где растение распространено. Сорное растение одуванчик лекарственный распространен на всей территории России. Растет на лугах, в садах, на пустырях, на газонах, вдоль дорог. Это один из наиболее распространенных в земледелии растений –

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15th, 1452, at Vinci, a small town near Florence in Italy. The sculptor and painter Verrocchio was his teacher in art. Most of his life Leonardo worked in Italy for rich noblemen, but he spent his last years in France. King Francis I of France appointed Leonardo to the position of ‘First painter, architect and mechanic of the King’ and gave Leonardo a beautiful and comfortable house near the King’s own residence where he often visited Leonardo for conversation. The King paid Leonardo well and allowed him to pursue his own interests in engineering and architecture. Leonardo died in Italy at the age of 67, on 2nd May 1519.
Leonardo da Vinci was a genius. He was good at many things, but many people think that Leonardo was one of the greatest painters of all time. Two of his pictures, the ‘Mona Lisa’ and ‘The Last Supper’ are among the best-known paintings in the world. He did lots of drawings. The best-known drawing is the ‘Vitruvian Man’.