Hypochaeris chillensis
Hypochaeris radicata
hairy cat's-ear
5–30 cm;
margins hispid, often with large, triangular teeth or down-pointing lobes;
tips usually obtuse;
surfaces white-hispid.
13–100+;
ligules 10–25 mm; much exceeding involucres, yellow; outer red abaxially.
20–30, 3–20 mm, glabrous or hispid on midveins.
bodies 3–5 mm, fusiform;
beaks slender;
pappi dull white.
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Hypochaeris chillensis
Hypochaeris radicata
Open forests, grasslands, dunes, roadsides, disturbed areas, lawns. Flowering Apr–Oct. 0–1900 m. Casc, CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; scattered in North America; Asia, Europe. Exotic.
Because of its yellow ligules and globose heads of beaked fruits with plumose pappi, this species is often mistaken for the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), whose flowering stems, however, are hollow and always unbranched.
Kenton Chambers
- Local floras:
BC, 
CA, 
OR, 
WA - Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos,
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. 
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database- LBJ Wildflower Center
- SEINet
- Plants of the World Online
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
- Google Image Search
