• Widely distributed
  
• Found in lawns and other open grassy places such as fields and roadsides
  

• 5-45 cm or 2-18 inches tall
  
• Not native to North America but now quite invasive
• Was introduced to New England in the 1600s by European settlers as a salad green
  

• Jagged, with deep lobes, similar in appearance to chicory leaves
  
• Stems are hollow with white juice
  

• March-September
  
• Composite flower
  
• Bright golden yellow
  
• Disk shaped, feathery in appearance
  
• Outer bracts point downwards
  

• White spherical collections of seeds
  
• Each seed is on a "parachute" for easy wind dispersal
  

The white juice in the stems can be used as a glue.