Flower ID: IMG_2166.JPG-06-29-2022 Flower name (scientific): Lapsana communis Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) lap-SAH-nuh KOM-yoo-nis Flower name (common): Nipplewort Family name (common): Aster Family name (scientific): Asteraceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Greek lapsanae meaning vegetable, in some sources called a weed, referred to by Dioscorides. Specific epithet: Latin communis meaning common, refers to its widespread occurrence. Also, in some sources indicated to mean mixed together, mingled. Common name origin: This name was introduced by the apothecary, herbalist, and botanist John Parkinson (1567 – 1650) in 1640. "It is good to heale the Vlcers of the nipples of womens breasts, and thereupon I have entituled it Nipplewort in English." Source OED. Flower description: Size: 0.2 to 0.5 inches (0.5 to 1.3 cm) Petal count: 16 (typically 8 to 20 ray florets. There are no disc florets) Color: yellow Other: flower arrangement, Panicle Plant description: Size: 12 to 60 inches (30 to 152 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple and lobed Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, lower broadly ovate, upper usually lanceolate or elliptic (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): June to September Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual Habitat: Disturbed sites, waste areas, roadsides, woods, fields, streambanks, moist, semi shade to shade. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.806123 Longitude: -91.530590 Altitude: 244.30 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Bayfield, Brown, Dane, Dodge, Door, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Forest, Iowa, Iron, Juneau, Kenosha, Lafayette, Milwaukee, Oconto, Oneida, Price, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sawyer, Sheboygan, Vilas, Walworth) Click here for distribution map In US: (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Lapsana communis subsp. communis (The other infraspecifics are Lapsana communis subsp. adenophora (Boissier) Karl Heinz Rechinger, Lapsana communis subsp. alpina (Boissier & Balansa) Peter Derek Sell, Lapsana communis var. aurantia Yıldırımlı, Lapsana communis subsp. grandiflora (Bieberstein) Peter Derek Sell, Lapsana communis subsp. intermedia (Bieberstein) Hayek, Lapsana communis subsp. macrocarpa (Cosson) Nyman, Lapsana communis subsp. pinnatisecta (Sommier & Levier) Greuter, Lapsana communis subsp. pisidica (Boissier & Theodor Heldreich) Karl Heinz Rechinger. None of these eight infraspecifics have been recorded from North America.) Wetland Status (NC): FACU Wetland Status (MW): FACU