Nipplewort - Lapsana communis
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.
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