*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

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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