Hypochaeris microcephala

Hypochaeris microcephala, the smallhead cat's ear,[2] is a species of plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. It is native to South America (Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay) and naturalized in parts of North America (for example in the south-central United States (Texas, Louisiana, etc.)).[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Hypochaeris microcephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Cichorieae
Genus:
Hypochaeris
Species:
H. microcephala
Binomial name
Hypochaeris microcephala
(Sch.Bip.) Cabrera 1937
Synonyms[1]
  • Achyrophorus microcephalus Sch. Bip. 1859
  • Hypochaeris brasiliensis var. microcephala (Sch. Bip.) Baker
  • Seriola brasiliensis var. parviflora Hook. & Arn.

Hypochaeris microcephala is a perennial herb with a thick taproot and a woody caudex. Some of the leaves are clumped around the base of the stem, while others grow higher up. One plant will produce 1–13 flower heads, each head with 50–100 white ray flowers but no disc flowers.[9]

References
  1. The Plant List, Hypochaeris microcephala (Sch.Bip.) Cabrera
  2. "Hypochaeris microcephala". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. Flora of North America, Hypochaeris microcephala (Schultz-Bipontinus) Cabrera, 1937.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2015 en adelante. Catalogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia (adiciones).
  6. Tropicos, Hypochaeris microcephala (Sch. Bip.) Cabrera
  7. Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.
  8. Baker, John Gilbert. 1884. Flora Brasiliensis 6(3): 334 in Latin
  9. Flora of North America, Hypochaeris microcephala (Schultz-Bipontinus) Cabrera var. albiflora (Kuntze) Cabrera, 1937.
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