Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Hypochaeris glabra
Common name
Smooth catsear
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, grassy areas, disturbed sites, and near streams. Widespread.
Notes
Introduced annual herb to 0.60 m tall. Stems hairless. Leaves forming a rosette at the base of the plant, 2-20 cm long, 5-30 mm wide, hairless or sparsely hairy or bristly, toothed to dissected, or with wavy margins, margins sometimes with a few hairs, tips blunt. Occasionally leaves alternating up the stems, similar, smaller than the basal leaves, becoming smaller in size upwards. Flower heads yellow, with many 'petals' each 2-5 mm long. Flower heads behind the 'petals' 4–16 mm in diameter, broad cylindrical. Flower heads single or in open clusters of a few flowers. Flowers most of the year.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hypochaeris~glabra (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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