Hypochaeris maculata L.

Porcelle à feuilles tachées (fr), Porcelle maculée (fr), Porcelle tachetée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Hypochaeris

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 30-120 cm tall. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a taproot and leaves in a ring. These are narrowly oval and 6-15 cm long by 2-4 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in mountain slopes above 1,000 m above sea level in western China.
More
Calcareous pastures and grassy cliffs. A rare and decreasing plant in Britain.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Hypochaeris maculata habit picture by A Poirel (cc-by-sa)
Hypochaeris maculata habit picture by Janos Balint (cc-by-sa)
Hypochaeris maculata habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Hypochaeris maculata leaf picture by Olivier Le Gall (cc-by-sa)
Hypochaeris maculata leaf picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-sa)
Hypochaeris maculata leaf picture by Clément Garcia (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Hypochaeris maculata flower picture by Olivier Le Gall (cc-by-sa)
Hypochaeris maculata flower picture by Janos Balint (cc-by-sa)
Hypochaeris maculata flower picture by Janos Balint (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Hypochaeris maculata fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Hypochaeris maculata fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Hypochaeris maculata fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hypochaeris maculata world distribution map, present in France

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:225539-1
WFO ID wfo-0000017636
COL ID 3NTNL
BDTFX ID 35432
INPN ID 103369
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Trommsdorffia maculata Achyrophorus microcephalus Hypochaeris pyrenaea Achyrophorus maculatus var. pinnatifidus Achyrophorus maculatus var. alpestris Achyrophorus maculatus var. longifolius Trommsdorffia maculata var. maculata Hypochaeris maculata subsp. carpathica Achyrophorus maculatus var. obtusifolius Achyrophorus maculatus var. ramosissimus Achyrophorus maculatus var. alpicola Achyrophorus maculatus var. oblongifolius Trommsdorffia maculata subsp. maculata Achyrophorus maculatus var. maculatus Hypochaeris maculata

Lower taxons

Hypochaeris maculata subsp. maculata Hypochaeris maculata subsp. pelivanovicii