Nipplewort - Lapsana communis

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Description

Short to tall hairy plant without milky latex. Stems leafy, erect to 1.2 metres, branched or unbranched. Leaves oval toothed often lobed at the base. Flowerheads yellow, 10 to 20 mm in a lax branched panicle all the florets rayed.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Waste and disturbed ground, roadsides.

When to see it

June to October.

Life History

Annual.

UK Status

Very common throughout Britain.

VC55 Status

Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 591 of the 617 tetrads.

  • Graham Calow
    Witherley
    27 May 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Wykin Canal Towpath
    26 June 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Wykin
    26 June 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Lychgate Lane, Burbage
    21 March 2017
    Basal rosette
  • Graham Calow
    Wykin
    26 June 2015
  • Graham Calow
    All Saints Chuch, Sapcote
    13 June 2006
  • Graham Calow
    Wykin
    12 June 2015
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    21 June 2012
  • David Gould
    Osiers Nature Area, Braunstone
    13 September 2014

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015

UK Map

  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    07 July 2007
  • Graham Calow
    All Saints Chuch, Sapcote
    17 June 2006
  • Graham Calow
    Witherley
    27 May 2015
  • Ron.stevens
    Broughton Astley
    24 June 2011
  • Alan Semper
    Harby Nature Reserve
    05 September 2011