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Urospermum picroides (L.) F.W.Schmidt
False Hawkbit

Reference
Samml.Phys.-Oekon.Aufsatze 275 (1795)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect annual or biennial, herb, to 1.2 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Dec. Sandy soils, often over limestone or granite. Weed of moist situations, along watercourses, coastal inlets & roadsides.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Busselton, Cambridge, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Cockburn, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Melville, Mundaring, Murchison, Murray, Northampton, Perenjori, Perth, Rockingham, Shark Bay, South Perth, Stirling, Subiaco, Upper Gascoyne, Wanneroo, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo.