Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Youngia japonica

Common name

Oriental False Hawksbeard

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Moist sheltered positions, often along along streams. Sydney area. Occasionally elsewhere.

Notes

Annual, biennial, or perennial herb to 0.6 m high, hairy at the base. Leaves basal and alternating up the stems, 1.5–12 cm long, 10–50 mm wide, usually lobed, with a large terminal lobe, margins finely toothed, surfaces hairless. Flower heads with yellow ‘petals' mostly 4.5–6.5 mm long. Flower heads behind the ‘petals’ 2-4 mm in diameter and about 5 mm long. Flower heads numerous, in loose clusters. Flowering: most of year.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Youngia~japonica (accessed 5 April 2021)

Description partly based on Flora of North America:  http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200024672 (accessed 5 April 2021)