Oriental false hawksbeard
Youngia japonica (L.) DC.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 27 cm
- wide
- —
Asteraceae
Also called Oriental hawksbeard
Formerly Chondrilla japonica, Crepis japonica, Hieracioides japonica, Lactuca japonica, and 1 more
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or biennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. AsiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 38 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 6–15 in; Wikipedia 10–150 cm
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- Korean
- 뽀리뱅이, 큰꽃뽀리뱅이
- Chinese
- 黃鵪菜, 交剪草, 黄鹌菜
- Japanese
- オニタビラコ
- Spanish
- Arpa de halcón oriental
- Chinese (China)
- 黄鹌菜
- Portuguese
- Crepe-do-japão, Barba-de-falcão
- Russian
- Юнгия японская
- Thai
- คำยอด
- root
- Mandèlan
- Ukrainian
- Юнгія японська
- Simplified Chinese
- 黄鹌菜
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Youngia japonica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.