| Dicotyledon | Literature for Hypochoeris radicata
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Asteraceae -- The Sunflower Family | Bibliography |
| Hypochoeris radicata | |
Common name(s): cat's ear, gosmore, hairy cat's ear |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Eurasia.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Fibrous-rooted perennial herbs 1.5-6 dm tall; stems usually branched or unbranched in small plants, usually hispid. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves oblanceolate, 3-35 cm long, 0.5-7 cm wide, usually densely hispid, toothed or pinnatifid. |
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| Flowers |
Involucre 10-15 mm high at anthesis, enlarging up to ca. 26 mm high in fruit; rays conspicuously exceeding the involucre. |
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| Fruit |
Achenes all with a long slender beak, sometimes the outermost short-beaked. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 8, 28 |
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