Crepidiastrum denticulatum

Crepidiastrum denticulatum is a perennial herb in the Asteraceae family, native to East Asia including Korea, Japan and parts of China. It forms a basal rosette of obovate to oblanceolate leaves with toothed (denticulate) margins, often glabrous and somewhat glaucous, from which an erect, branched flowering stem rises to roughly 40-90 cm. Upper stem leaves are smaller, sessile and clasping. The inflorescence is a loose corymbose panicle of small yellow capitula, each composed entirely of ligulate (ray-like) florets typical of the chicory tribe. Flowering occurs in late summer to autumn. Fruits are slender achenes crowned with a fine, white pappus that aids wind dispersal. The plant exudes a milky latex when cut, a characteristic shared with other members of the Cichorieae. It typically grows on grassy slopes, roadsides and open mountain habitats from lowland to mid elevations.