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.
Graham CalowWitherley27 May 2015
Graham CalowWykin Canal Towpath26 June 2015
Graham CalowWykin26 June 2015
Graham CalowLychgate Lane, Burbage21 March 2017Basal rosette
Graham CalowWykin26 June 2015 All Saints Car Park near garages Sapcote SP 4890 9322 (taken 13.6.2006)...JPG)
Graham CalowAll Saints Chuch, Sapcote13 June 2006
Graham CalowWykin12 June 2015
Barbara CooperLong Clawson21 June 2012
David GouldOsiers Nature Area, Braunstone13 September 2014
 All Saints Car Park near garages Sapcote SP 4890 9322 (taken 13.6.2006)...JPG)
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 Barrack End New Walk Sapcote SP 4896 9329 (taken 7.7.2007).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote07 July 2007 All Saints Car Park near garages Sapcote SP 4890 9322 (taken 17.6.2006).JPG)
Graham CalowAll Saints Chuch, Sapcote17 June 2006
Graham CalowWitherley27 May 2015
Ron.stevensBroughton Astley24 June 2011
Alan SemperHarby Nature Reserve05 September 2011
 Barrack End New Walk Sapcote SP 4896 9329 (taken 7.7.2007).JPG)
 All Saints Car Park near garages Sapcote SP 4890 9322 (taken 17.6.2006).JPG)
