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*Hypochaeris radicata Linnaeus. Section: Hypochaeris. Spotted Cat's-ear. Phen: Apr-Oct. Hab: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas. Dist: Native of Eurasia.

ID notes: Hypochaeris radicata can be recognized by its usually branched stems, basal leaves frequently scabrous or hirsute with a tuberculate texture, with rounded apex lobes, cauline leaves absent, phyllaries frequently with short dark subapical trichomes along the midvein, corollas very exserted from the involucres, with ligules longer than tubes, beaked, dark cypselae without longitudinal grooves, and pappus elements arranged in two series (Mailhos, Bonifacino, & Marchesi 2023).

Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl7, FNA19, G, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Oh3, Pa, S, Tat, Tn, Va, WH3, Mailhos, Bonifacino, & Marchesi (2023); = Hypochoeris radicata – C, F, RAB, SE1, WV, orthographic variant

Links to other floras: = Hypochaeris radicata - FNA19

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
  • Great Plains: UPL
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial from a basal rosette, found on roadsides, lawns, fields, urban parks and other disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia, now widespread in North America.

Stems: Stems solitary to many, leafless, sometimes branched in upper half, hairy at base.

Leaves: Leaves basal, oblong-lance-shaped, 2-6 in.long, coarsely toothed or lobed, densely stiff-hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Dandelion-like composite flowers (heads) solitary at tips of stem and branches, about 1 in. wide, consisting of yellow ray florets with squared-off and toothed tips (no disk florets); outer rays may be maroon on the outer surface.

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Height: 1-2 ft.

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description: Erect perennial from a basal rosette, found on roadsides, lawns, fields, urban parks and other disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia, now widespread in North America.

stems: Stems solitary to many, leafless, sometimes branched in upper half, hairy at base.

leaves: Leaves basal, oblong-lance-shaped, 2-6 in.long, coarsely toothed or lobed, densely stiff-hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Dandelion-like composite flowers (heads) solitary at tips of stem and branches, about 1 in. wide, consisting of yellow ray florets with squared-off and toothed tips (no disk florets); outer rays may be maroon on the outer surface.

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