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Sorry about the pics. I was waiting so long for it to post that I forgot about them. Whatever it is, I believe it's biennial. Ive only seen Verbascum blattaria a couple times, but I don't remember the foliage, but it's the only thing I can imagine it being. When it first showed up in a pot it was extremely wooly, almost tomentose. Nowthe leaf tops have very short appressed hairs.

It looks like false dandelion - Cats ear. Except it's not flat. So maybe it's one of the false dandelions.

UpperBayGardener, the rapture was seriously supposed to happen last week, but I'm still here so it must have been a false alarm. I didn't attempt to ID this plant so I could post it here. The plant showed up in a pot that I had sowed red flowered Pentas lanceolata in. Turned out the vender sent me the wrong seeds. What were supposed to be Pentas looked more like Emilia, Tassleflower. I could have posted them, but I think they would have not been able to be ID'd without a flower. Emilia foliage looks like the weedy wild lettuce, and you have to be careful about accidentally weeding them out.

tete_a_tete, I think you are correct, it appears to be Cat's Ears, Hypochaeris radicata. Thank you! It's funny because I have 2 hawkweeds growing in close proximity to it. Hieracium venosum and Hieracium kalmii. The species has leaves that vary. Some have wide lobes. This photo looks like my plant. H. radicata is potentially invasive. It's a noxious weed in Washington state. I think I'll allow it to bloom and then pitch it. I suspect it came with the bag of potting soil.

Hypochaeris radicata

Felis catus with tomentose ears.

Jay, I just went and checked the weeds in my garden, searching for Catsear (and it didn't take long to find one) and I have one sitting here in front of me. Its leaf is deeply lobed compared to your photo, and I'm a bit worried that you'll pull out something that might (somehow) prove to be something better than catsear/Cats Ear/cats ears. I wonder if it's worth the wait, to be sure?

(Your picture does very much look like a weed, though.)

tete_a_tete, I'm going to keep the plant and let it bloom. I'm not going to allow it to go to seed. If I should hate to part with it, I can jyst deadhead it.

I've also grown Fox and Cubs, Pilosella aurantiaca in the past.

I really like it, but it's not native. I decided to use Robin's Plantain, Erigeron pulchellus as it's replacement. I've added a few Rattlesnake Plantain, Hieracium venosum and they have red veined leaves.

Hieracium venosum

I also grow Hieracium kalmii, which has an unusual habit for a hawkweed. It's leafy stems can grow tall, which gives it the ability to catch the sun when it's surrounded by tall plants.

Hieracium kalmii

There are a couple locally native false dandelions,

Krigia virginica, Small False Dandelion, and

Krigia biflora, Two Flowered Cinthia.

A couple similar species that are on my wish list are

Nothocalais cuspidata, Prairie Dandelion and

Hieracium longipilum. Long Bearded Hawkweed