- Hypochaeris glabra L. - Smooth Cat's-ear - Compositae / Asteraceae
© Paul Hackney
© Alan Hill
© Alan Hill
(Map updated: March 2008)
Plants with yellow dandelion-like flowers are often difficult to identify for the non-specialist. This one is an annual species with a basal rosette of shiny hairless leaves (glabra means hairless) and bearing the small flower heads on the ends of a branched stem which can reach about twelve inches in very robust plants, but is usually much less. Its main habitat is sand dune grassland along the North Coast.
All names: Hypochaeris glabra L.; Hypochoeris glabra L.
NBN Atlas mapping: Species account : NBN Atlas UK Species Observations database
iNaturalist: Species account : iNaturalist World Species Observations database