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media type="custom" key="6210185"media type="custom" key="6204497"media type="custom" key="6191719"media type="custom" key="6076517"media type="custom" key="6076513"media type="custom" key="6076485" =Common Names=

catsear, common catsear, flatweed, false dandelion, long-rooted catsear, hawkweed, rooted catsear, dandelion
=Origin=

A native of Europe, Asia and North Africa
=Family=

Asteraceae
=Habit= ====It is a perennial herb that grows from 15 to 80cm in height. A rosette-forming herb (a cluster of leaves at the base of a plant often lying flat against the ground) with shallowly divided leaves lying flat on the ground. The stems are erect with a yellow, terminal flower.==== =Scientific Name=

//Hypochoeris radicata// L.
**R​** =Habitat= ====It is found most commonly in cooler to temperate areas of Australia. Often found in drier areas as its deep taproot tends to give it drought resistance. It tolerates a wide range in soil types, texture and pH. Grows mainly on sandy to sandy clay loam red and red brown earths; also on shallow stony soils of hillsides, less frequent on grey clay soils. It does not however tolerate poorly drained soils. It is most often found in pastures, cultivation, lawns, fallow paddocks, disturbed areas, roadsides and waste places.==== . media type="custom" key="5918909" width="95" height="95" align="left"

=Scientific Name= //Ipomoea indica// =Common Names= blue morning glory =Origin= Tropical regions =Family= Convolvulaceae

This is a vigorous perennial (lives more than 2 years) with twining and climbing stems. This is a robust plant and is often found climbing and sprawling over other plants. Leaves are large (to 15cm wide), numerous and mid green in colour. They may be heart-shaped to 3-lobed and sometimes even 5-lobed, with pointed tips. The upper surface has short appressed (closely positioned) hairs while the lower surface has silky-tomentose (dense intertwined) hairs. Inflorescence (a group of flowers) can be in bunches of 2 or many at the end of short stems. Flowers are brillant blue-purple with a darker centre, and the petals are joined making each flower a broad trumpet in shape.