Asteraceae
Japanese nipplewort
Lapsanastrum apogonoides
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lapsanastrum
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 稻槎菜, 稻搓菜
- English
- Japanese nipplewort
- Japanese
- コオニタビラコ, タビラコ, ホトケノザ, ラプサナストゥルム・アポゴノイデス, ラプサナストルム・アポゴノイデス, 仏の座, 小鬼田平子, 田平子
- Korean
- 개보리뺑이
- ryu
- ラプサナストゥルム・アポゴノイデス
Synonyms
- Lapsana apogonoides Maxim.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juni from Kyoto, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.