Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Hypochaeris albiflora
Common name
White Flatweed
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Disturbed areas and lawns, north from the Sydney area, occasionally farther south.
Notes
Introduced perennial herb to 0.40 m high. Stems hairless to hairy. Leaves in a basal rosette, 5–15 cm long, 15–30 mm wide, with a broad winged stalk-like base. Stem leaves (if present) similar, alternating up the stems, stalkless, becoming smaller and bract-like up the stems. Flower heads with many white to cream ‘petals’ 2-3 mm long. Flower heads below the ‘petals’ 4-10 mm in diameter. Flower heads single, on branched stems. Flowering: mainly spring, but also summer–autumn.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hypochaeris~albiflora (accessed 25 January, 2021)
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