flowers

Common Cat's-ear Common Cat's-ear
Hypochoeris radicata
Height up to 50cm

Perennial of dry grassland. Widespread and common throughout. Lanceolate, hairy leaves with lobed edges form a basal rosette. Flower heads, 25­30mm across, are borne on branched stalks which have a few purple-tipped bracts; seen June­September.

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