40-blossom dandelion

Encountered while walking yesterday.  It's interesting how the dandelion adapts its flower stem to its microenvironment.  In tall grasses the stem may reach up almost a foot before the flower opens.  In open places (yards), the flower hugs the ground.

Including the buds and ones going to seed, I count 40 blossoms on this one plant.  I wonder if I could enter it at the State Fair...