*Youngia thunbergiana A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Youngia. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of e. Asia.
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Taxonomy Comments: Some of the material in our area does not appear to be clearly marked from Y. japonica. See Urbatsch, Pruski, & Neubig (2013) for extensive discussion of the taxonomy and nomenclature.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Urbatsch, Pruski, & Neubig (2013); = n/a — Tat; = Youngia japonica (L.) DC. ssp. elstonii (Hochr.) Babc. & Stebbins — FNA19, POWO, not treated formally; = Youngia japonica var. elstonii; < Crepis japonica (L.) Benth. — F, G, RAB, S; < Youngia japonica (L.) DC. — C, FNA19, SE1, Va, WH3; > Youngia pseudosenecio (Vaniot) Shih. Basionym: Youngia thunbergiana DC. 1836
Links to other floras: = Youngia japonica ssp. elstonii - FNA19; < Youngia japonica - FNA19
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
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