If you've ever lived in an area in which the dandelion grows, it's likely that you've blown the dried seeds of the dandelion flower at some point. Once dandelions turn from their vibrant yellow color to their white/gray seed, they can be blown, sending the seeds into the air like tiny helicopters.br/ The dandelion flower dries out for about 10 days and then the seed-bearing parachutes expand and lift out of the dried flower head.The white fuzzy thing you see is actually known as the pappus, and the ovary, or seed hangs, below it from a ldquo;stemrdquo; called the beak.