Youngia japonica

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Youngia
Species:	Youngia japonica DC.
Common Name	Oriental False Hawksbeard
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: Yes; Milky Sap: Yes; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Asia; Reproductive Phenology: January; Reproductive Phenology: Febuary; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Reproductive Phenology: December; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: dentate; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 0; Leaflet Number: 2; Leaflet Number: 3; Leaflet Number: 4; Leaflet Number: 5; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	N/A
Status	Not Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

State Boundaries
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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Crepis japonica	Crepis japonica Benth.
Prenanthes japonica	Prenanthes japonica L.
Youngia japonica subsp. elstonii	Youngia japonica subsp. elstonii
Youngia japonica var. japonica	Youngia japonica var. japonica (L) DC
Youngia thunbergiana	Youngia thunbergiana DC.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Campbell (KY), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Decatur (TN), Franklin (TN), Hamilton (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Morgan (TN), Putnam (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BOON, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1978 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	03 May 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Youngia japonica
TENN-V-0239819	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Youngia japonica
HTTU034325	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Youngia japonica
HTTU034603	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Youngia japonica
UCHT039841	Hamilton	tennessee			UCHT Youngia japonica
TENN-V-0245477	Decatur	Tennessee			TENN Youngia japonica
31973000006201	Campbell	Kentucky	23 Sep 1978	Thieret, John 50771	KNK Youngia japonica
TENN-V-0239815	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Youngia japonica
TENN-V-0239817	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Youngia japonica
UCHT025098	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Youngia japonica
UCHT039838	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Youngia japonica
UCHT039842	Hamilton	tennessee			UCHT Youngia japonica
BRIT98098		Tennessee			VDB Youngia japonica
UCHT029942	Sevier	Tennessee			UCHT Youngia japonica
UCHT029943	Sevier	Tennessee			UCHT Youngia japonica
TENN-V-0239820	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Youngia japonica
TENN-V-0239818	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Youngia japonica
APSC0045643	Jackson	Tennessee			APSC Youngia japonica
HTTU036387	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Youngia japonica
APSC0053723	Sevier	Tennessee			APSC Youngia japonica
APSC0052209	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Youngia japonica
TENN-V-0245187	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Youngia japonica
TENN-V-0245186	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Youngia japonica
TENN-V-0239816	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Youngia japonica
TENN-V-0239822	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Youngia japonica
HTTU034331	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Youngia japonica
UCHT040365	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Youngia japonica
TENN-V-0239821	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Youngia japonica
011552	Sevier	Tennessee	23 Apr 2008	Derick B. Poindexter 08-32	BOON Youngia japonica
ETSU013456	Carter	Tennessee		15119	ETSU Youngia japonica
N/A	Franklin	Tennessee	12 Apr 2006	Margret Rhinehart	UOS Youngia japonica

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