Plants that look like dandelion leaves can be confusing, and it is essential to know how to spot them easily, so you don’t end up picking the wrong one.
Botanical Name: Hypochaeris radicata
This plant’s foliage is similar to a cat’s ears, and also to the dandelion, thanks to the pointy edges. You can spot it in grasslands, waterways, or vineyards.
Botanical Name: Leontodon hispidus
Second on the list of plants that look like Dandelion leaves is rough hawbit, and the ‘rough’ to its name is because of serrated edges on the leaf. It also grows yellow flowers.
Botanical Name: Scorzoneroides autumnalis.
Autumn Hawkbit is a low to medium-growing plant with a branching stems and narrow toothed leaves that resemble dandelions quite a lot!
Botanical Name: Lactuca serriola
Prickly Lettuce leaves have elongated stems with wavy margins and a slightly prickly texture. It can be mistaken as dandelions in the early stage.
Botanical Name: Cichorium intybus
This plant’s leaves have a resemblance to that of dandelion’s when they are young, but get irregularly toothed to deeply lobed, unlike dandelions, when fully grown.
Botanical Name: Sonchus oleraceus
You can easily confuse this one with the plant in question, thanks to the leaf structure and especially the flowers. The resemblance dies when the plant matures.
Botanical Name: Leontodon spp.
If you look at Hawkbit, it will surely give you dandelion vibes. It typically has narrow, oblong leaves, which people use to treat digestive disorders, too.
Botanical Name: Pilosella caespitosa
While both of them share some visual similarities, particularly in their rosettes, the leaves of yellow hawkweed are generally more elongated and lance-shaped as compared to the more rounded leaves of dandelions.
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