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Hieracium oleracerum, Sonchus oleraceus
an herb, erect, annual, milky, hairy or slightly glandular, growing 40 to 80 cm high. Leaves are oblong to lanceolate, 10 to 20 cm long, coarsely and lyrately lobed; the lobes somewhat reflexed and toothed, the terminal ones large, the lateral pointing downwards, and those of the stem clasping at the base. Heads are peduncled, about 1 cm long. Bracts are smooth, thin and green. Flowers are numerous and yellow. Achenes are nearly 3 mm long, compressed, ribbed and rough.
Found in the Benguet subprovinces, Rizal and Laguna provinces in Luzon. In waster places, along trails, old gardens, on talus slopes at altitudes of 1,200 to 2,000 meters.
I guess this one is stunted, growing on the crack on the garden steps.
Spotted on Jul 21, 2011
Submitted on Aug 2, 2011
6 Comments
Yes indeed, Sonchus is definitely another candidate. Sonchus has a milky juice in the leaves and stems, which is a good field mark, but so do the yellow Lactucas. Some naturalists call all these dandelion look-alikes DYC's, for "damned yellow composites" since they're so hard to tell apart.
Thank you Scott. I think I found the right one using your (Hieracium sp.) suggestion. http://www.stuartxchange.com/Gagatang.ht...
With multiple flowers on a single stalk it's most likely a Hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) or a Hawksbeard (Crepis sp.). They can be difficult to narrow down to the species level but here's one likely candidate, Crepis capillaris: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_qu...
Thanks Reece!
Scientific name (Taraxacum) its a dandelion
Field Dandelion