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|accepted_name=Hypochaeris radicata
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 811. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Hairy cat’s ear
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Hypochaeris;Hypochaeris radicata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hypochaeris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Hypochaeris radicata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 298
|treatment_page=page 299
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 10–60 cm; taproots vertical, thick, fibrous, caudices woody. <b>Stems</b> (1–15) erect, usually branched (2–3 times at midstem and distally, sparsely bracteate or naked), glabrous or coarsely hirsute proximally. <b>Leaves</b> all basal; blades oblanceolate, lyrate to slightly runcinate, 50-–350 × 5–30 mm, margins coarsely dentate to pinnatifid, faces ± hirsute (hairs coarse, spreading). <b>Heads</b> usually 2–7 in loose arrays, sometimes borne singly. <b>Involucres</b> cylindric or campanulate, 10–25 × 10–20 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> 20–30, narrowly lanceolate, 3–20 mm, unequal, margins scarious, green to darkened, faces glabrous or sparsely hirsute medially. <b>Florets</b> 10–15 mm, surpassing phyllaries at flowering; corollas bright yellow or grayish green. <b>Cypselae</b> monomorphic, all beaked, beaks 3–5 mm; bodies golden brown, fusiform, 6–10 mm, ribs 10–12, muricate; pappi of whitish bristles in 2 series, outer barbellate, shorter than plumose inner, longest 10–12 mm. <b>2n</b> = 8.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Nov.
|habitat=Oak-pine forest, coastal prairie, dunes, waste ground, dry fields, roadside ditches, railroads, lawns
|elevation=0. 1600 m
|distribution=B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.). Ala.;Alaska;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Hypochaeris radicata</i> is recognized by the coarse, perennial habit, stout roots, coarsely hirsute leaves and phyllaries, yellow corollas, and monomorphic, beaked cypselae. It is weedy and invasive in some areas.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Hypochaeris radicata
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Nov.
|habitat=Oak-pine forest, coastal prairie, dunes, waste ground, dry fields, roadside ditches, railroads, lawns
|elevation=0. 1600 m
|distribution=B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.). Ala.;Alaska;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_437.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Hypochaeris
|species=Hypochaeris radicata
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