| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Abh. Beobacht.: 35 (1787) |
| Native Range | Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-1000m |
| Description | basal leaves in outline obovate, broadly winged petiolate, rounded, dentate to pinnatifid, stem leaves amplexicaule, ovate-lanceolate, capitula solitary, terminal |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Picridium crassifolium Willk. Picridium intermedium var. gracile Sch.Bip. Picridium intermedium var. robustum Willk. Picridium istriacum Gand. Picridium lesbiacum P.Candargy Picridium lingulatum Boiss. Picridium macrogaranum Pančić ex Nyman Picridium maritimum Rchb.f. Picridium mixtum Gand. Picridium perenne Fraas Picridium rupestre Pomel Picridium sadleri Gand. Picridium vulgare Desf. Picridium vulgare var. crassifolium (Willk.) Willk. Picridium vulgare var. cupanianum Picridium vulgare var. maritimum Boiss. Reichardia crassifolia (Willk.) Guarino & Pignatti Reichardia integrifolia Moench Reichardia intermedia ssp. gracilis (Sch.Bip.) Rivas Mart. Reichardia picroides var. crassifolia (Willk.) Ginzb. Reichardia picroides var. cupaniana (Nicotra) Fiori Reichardia picroides ssp. eu-picroides Maire Reichardia picroides var. gracilis (Sch.Bip.) O.Bolós & Vigo Reichardia picroides var. hypochoeriformis Ginzb. Reichardia picroides var. integrifolia (Moench) Kuntze Reichardia picroides var. leontodontiformis Ginzb. Reichardia picroides var. maritima (Boiss.) Fiori Reichardia picroides var. robusta (Willk.) O.Bolós & Vigo Scorzonera picroides L. Scorzonera variifolia Salisb. Sonchus chondrilloides Sm. Sonchus picroides (L.) Lam. Sonchus squamosus Lam. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |