Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Rough Hawkbit, Leontodon hispidus, Crág phortáin gharbh
Photographs: Derrynane, Co. Kerry

Rough Hawkbit
Leontodon hispidus
Crág phortáin gharbh
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native.

Solitary golden-yellow flowers, the florets without scales and much longer than the hairy bracts. Outer rays reddish below. Seeds with feathered and simple hairs. The flower-stems are unbranched and leafless above basal rosettes of wavy-toothed leaves. Leaves and stems are very hairy with forked hairs. Very variable, to 60cm

On well-drained neutral or calcareous grassland, roadsides and quarries

Similar: Lesser Hawkbit, Leontodon saxatilis is also very variable

Rough Hawkbit, Leontodon hispidus, Crág phortáin gharbh

Rough Hawkbit, Leontodon hispidus, Crág phortáin gharbh
Rough Hawkbit, Leontodon hispidus, Crág phortáin gharbh

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