Usually mistaken for : Dandelion which looks similar but has a hollow stem amongst numerous other differences.

Hybridises with : Smooth Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris glabra) to produce Hypchaeris × intermedia

Some similarities to : Smooth Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris glabra) but that has smooth shiny leaves and to Spotted Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris maculata) but that has dark blotches on the leaves. Neither are as ubiquitous in the UK as Cat's-ear and neither are present in the area where these photographs were taken.

No relation to : Catmint, Catnip, Lamb's-Ear, Sticky Mouse-ear, Common Mouse-ear, Little Mouse-ear, Sea Mouse-ear or Sickle Hare's-ear nor to the numerous Cat's-tail grasses. [plants with similar names].

Cat's-ear is by far the most common Cat's-ear and grows in short grass. Usually about a foot tall and similar to Dandelion, the major difference being the short bract-like scale (shaped like a cat's ear) just below the flower head. The flower-heads are solitary atop a little-branched and smooth stem without stem leaves. The only leaves are in a basal rosette and are dandelion type but with rounded lobes, and with longish white rough hairs.

The outside of the outer ray florets has an orange or reddish stripe, just like Smooth Hawksbeard, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Beaked Hawksbeard and Great Lettuce do.

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