Seedlings develop a basal rosette and mature plants have leaves that are entirely without petioles.
Found throughout the United States in agronomic crops, pastures, orchards, fallow fields, waste areas, and roadsides. Cotyledons oval, 2-3 mm long. Young leaves egg-shaped with toothed margins and becoming hairy. Leaves become progressively smaller up the stem. A short taproot with a secondary fibrous root system.