Smooth Cat's Ear - a weed (*Hypochaeris glabra)

Family: Asteraceae (Daisy Family).

Native of Europe.

Other names: Annual Flat-weed. It is sometimes spelled Hypochoeris. Hypochaeris shares the name "Flat Weed" with Plantago lanceolata.

Occurrence: Widespread and common in weedy places, grasslands and forests. It may be locally very abundant.

Identification:

• the flowers are on unbranched and leafless stalks
• The stalks rise from a rosette of basal leaves
• the leaves are shallowly toothed, and are hairless or with a few stiffish hairs
• there are translucent scales between the developing seeds.