Index / Search / Hypochaeris glabra
§1 Plant
Hypochaeris glabra L.
vernacular smooth cat's ear — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Hypochaeris
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 69 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 69 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Florence 45041
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HYGL2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3093911 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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