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Why are dandelions considered weeds when it's an edible flower herb?

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Because they take over pasture, vegetable patches and gardens so rapidly that it becomes impossible to control - they outcompete the desired plants.
Secondly, there is a plant called false dandelion or flatweed which looks very similar. Over a three months, it is poisonous to horses and causes a neurological condition called staggers, gradually paralysing the hind legs. There is no cure. Euthanasia is the only way to prevent a death of great suffering.