| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Hypochaeris radicata L. |
| Synonyms | Achyrophorus radicatus (L.) Scopoli; Hypochaeris dimorpha Tenore; Hypochaeris glabra L. var. thracica de Candolle; Hypochaeris infesta Salisbury; Hypochaeris intermedia Richter ex Reichenbach; Hypochaeris lasiophylla K. Koch ex Nyman; Hypochaeris neapolitana de Candolle; Hypochaeris platylepis Boissier; Hypochaeris radicata L. forma gigantea Hochreutiner; Hypochaeris radicata L. subsp. ericetorum Soest; Hypochaeris radicata L. subsp. neapolitana (de Candolle) Nyman; Hypochaeris radicata L. var. heterocarpa Moris; Hypochaeris radicata L. var. hispida Peterman; Hypochaeris radicata L. var. leiocephala Regel; Hypochaeris radicata L. var. typica Beck; Hypochaeris radicata L. var. vulgaris Regel; Hypochaeris salina Grenier; Hypochaeris subalpina Schur; Hypochaeris tenorii Gussone; Porcellites radicata (L.) Cassini |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) buta-na [pig salad green] |
| (English common name) flatweed, hairy cats-ear, longroot cat's-ear, spotted cat's-ear | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] Russia, Europa, north Africa | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=8 |
| Description | Plants electing 25-80cm. Flowers yellow 3-4cm, flowering in June to October. Winter annual plants. |
| Reference | Hypochaeris radicata L. |
| Hypochaeris radicata Linnaeus | |
| Hypochaeris radicata L. | |
| Liquid herbicidally active compositions (US Patent 5022917/1991) | |
| Individualized seed hairs and products employing same (US Patent 20060288639) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants (first discovered at Sapporo city in 1933) |
| May 2007 at riverside |
May 2007 at riverside |
May 2007 at riverside |
| May 2007 at riverside |
October 2006 at open field |