| Description | A yellow flowering weed, common in southeastern Wisconsin. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Weeds |
| Sunlight | full |
| Soil & Site | average, waste lands, fields |
| Flowers | small pale yellow, dandelion type flowers, throughout the summer |
| Fruit | Achene’s (seeds) form a parachute of fine hair or down (pappus) that is caught by the wind to disseminate the seeds. |
| Leaves | spiny, alternate, heart shaped, clasping the stem, get progressively smaller and have less spines up the stem, white milky sap |
| Stems | has glanular hairs |
| Roots | short tap root |
| Dimensions | 1'-5' tall |
| Propagation | it reproduces by seeds |
| Native Site | Western Asia, northern Africa and Europe, found throughout most of USA |
| Misc Facts | Has been used as food for rabbits giving it many come names such as Hare's Thistle, Hare's Lettuce. Also eaten by pigs, goats and sheep. Horses will not touch it?? Asper means rough, referring to the spiny leaves. |
| Notes & Reference | #07- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb) ,#14-Hedge maids and Fairy Candles (Jack Sanders) , #19-Common Weeds ( USDA Agricultural Research Service), #157-The Sunflower Family in the Upper Midwest (Thomas Antonio, Susanne Masi) |
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