Flat Weed

Flat Weed

Flat Weed everywhereFlatweed is a herb to 400 mm wide with yellow daisy type flowers up to 30 mm diameter borne on simple or branched, leafless stalks at any time of the year with a flush in spring to early summer. The small florets all have radiating petal-like blades. The tiny fly-away fruits are topped by a stalked ring of barbed to feathery bristles. The leaves form a flat rosette and are variable being entire to shallowly lobed, and usually somewhat bristly but can be hairless.

Other names:

  • Catsear
  • Cat’s-ear
  • Common Catsear
  • Dandelion
  • Rooted Cat’s-ear
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Posted on

January 27, 2018