Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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)
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