Smooth cat's-ear - Hypochaeris glabra

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Smooth cat's-ear - Hypochaeris glabra
© Rob Wolstenholme

This tiny dandelion-like plant has flowers that are made up of golden, purple tipped bracts, which only open in the sunshine.

Smooth cat's ear has short, glossy, elliptical, red-tinged leaves in a basal rosette. It is a perennial of open, dry grasslands, mostly on sandy soils.The botanical name stems from Greek words for pig choiros and under hypo suggesting that pigs ate the roots. Like other members of the huge daisy family, this species is atttractive to bees and other beneficial insects.

Animals

Bees and wasps, Flies

Foliage	Green
Flower	Yellow, June to September
Moisture	(Dry)
Sunlight	(Full sun)
Origin	Native