Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 811 (1753).

Synonymy: Hypochoeris radicata

Common name: Deeprooted catsear, rooted catsear, wet-the-bed.

Description:
Perennial herb 15-80 cm high; leaves oblanceolate, narrowed at the base, subacute to obtuse, 3-24 cm long, 1-5 cm wide, dentate to pinnatifid, setulose to strigose, forming a rosette closely appressed to the ground.

Scapes 14-80 cm long, corymbose-branched, with distant minute scale-leaves, smooth, glabrous, often inflated just below the capitulum; capitula erect, 20-30 mm diam.; involucre 6-15 mm diam., 10-22 mm long; bracts 25-36, in 4 or 5 series, glabrous or setulose on the midrib; ligules linear, longer than the perianth tube, 8-16 mm long, bright-yellow, the outer series green on the dorsal side.

Achenes ellipsoid-fusiform, filiform-beaked or rarely the outermost ones almost beakless, 8-17 mm long, brown; pappus 9-15 mm long.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 716.

Distribution:  In a wide range of communities, chiefly on disturbed or grazed land. S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   Native to Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: most of the year, mainly spring.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: A common weed of lawns and cultivation.

Author: Not yet available