False dandelion is a common name for a number of plants similar to

dandelions ''Taraxacum'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions. The scientific and hobby study of the genus is known as taraxacology. The genus has a near-cosmopolitan distribu ...

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Hypochaeris radicata ''Hypochaeris radicata'' (sometimes spelled ''Hypochoeris radicata'') – also known as catsear, flatweed, cat's-ear, hairy cat's ear, or false Taraxacum, dandelion – is a perennial plant, perennial, low-lying edible herb often found in lawns. ...

'', also known as cat's ears, the plant most commonly referred to as false dandelion * ''

Hypochaeris ''Hypochaeris'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. Many species are known as cat's ear. These are annual and perennial herbs generally bearing Head (botany), flower heads with yellow ray florets. These plants may resemble or be confu ...

'', other cat's ears related to ''H. radicata'' * '' Agoseris'', also known as mountain dandelions * ''

Crepis ''Crepis'', commonly known in some parts of the world as hawksbeard or hawk's-beard (but not to be confused with the related genus ''Hieracium'' with a similar common name), is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants of the family Aster ...

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Hieracium ''Hieracium'' (), known by the common name hawkweed and classically as (from ancient Greek ἱέραξ, 'hawk'), is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and closely related to dandelion (''Taraxacum''), chicory (''Cichorium''), ...

'', also known as hawkweeds * '' Leontodon'', also known as hawkbits * ''

Nothocalais ''Nothocalais'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. There are known generally as false dandelions or false agoseris. As of 2023 all four of these species are classified in ''Nothoc ...

'' * '' Pyrrhopappus'' * '' Scorzoneroides'', also known as hawksbits *'' Tussilago farfara'', also known as coltsfoot

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