Index / Search / Hypochaeris radicata
§1 Plant
Hypochaeris radicata L.
vernacular hairy cat's ear — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Hypochaeris
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 455 counties across 40 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 455 counties across 40 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 I ▾
California view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Butte 06007
- Contra Costa 06013
- Del Norte 06015
- Humboldt 06023
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mendocino 06045
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- Sacramento 06067
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Tehama 06103
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Alger 26003
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lenawee 26091
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Washtenaw 26161
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Erie 36029
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Schuyler 36097
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 37 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Currituck 37053
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Graham 37075
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 21 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Philadelphia 42101
- Potter 42105
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 68 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
Washington view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Cowlitz 53015
- Ferry 53019
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Thurston 53067
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 3 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HYRA3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3093702 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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