Propagation is easy from seed. It requires full sun and good garden soil. As a lotion for skin. Propagation is by seed and it responds well to being planted as a crop. It has a deep tap root and bright yellow, multi-petaled, chrysanthemum like flowers about 1 inch in diameter which rise on a hollow stem from rosette type leaves.
Reproduction is by means of fluffy balls of parachute borne seeds.
Used as a nutritional backup for all degenerative diseases. Must be done daily. The blanched part of the leaf, just below the soil surface is considered the best part by some. Young flower buds can be boiled for several minutes and served with butter or pickled. Flowers are good dipped in batter and fried.