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Hypochaeris robertia is a small wild daisy-family plant native to the central Mediterranean, found in Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy and North Africa, mostly in mountain and hill habitats. It is a wild species with little horticultural history, so care is a general guide based on related Hypochaeris plants.
Hypochaeris robertia is a Mediterranean species of plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It grows in the central Mediterranean (Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy and North Africa) at elevations of 300–2,700 metres (980–8,860 ft) above sea level. It flowers from spring to autumn. Each flower head is 18–22 millimetres (0.71–0.87 in) in diameter.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hypochaeris robertia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
