Hypochaeris radicata L., 1753
Common names
- 🇬🇧 Cat’s-ear
- 🇫🇷 Porcelle enracinée, Salade-de-porc
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Superasterids
- Clade: Asterids
- Clade: Campanulids
- Order: Asterales
- Family: Asteraceae
- Subfamily: Cichorioideae
- Tribe: Cichorieae
- Subtribe: Hypochaeridinae
- Genus: Hypochaeris
- Species: Hypochaeris radicata
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Notes
Possible confusion with H. glabra L., 1753, which has leaves with a glabrous abaxial side, and flowers with shorter ray florets (≤ 6 mm) that protrude less beyond the sepals, while H. radicata has leaves with a hairy midrib, visible on the abaxial side, and longer ray florets (≥ 8 mm) that protrude more beyond the sepals.
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- H. radicata subsp. ericetorum Soest, 1950;
- H. radicata subsp. platylepis (Boiss.) Jahand. & Maire, 1934;
- H. radicata subsp. radicata L., 1753, P;
- H. radicata subsp. rocinensis M.Á.Ortiz & Talavera, 2015.
Photographs
Sources
- Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 464). Biotope.