Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum, Searbh na muc
Photographs: Co. Cork

Mouse-ear Hawkweed
Pilosella officinarum
Searbh na muc
Family: Asteraceae

Previously listed in the genus Hieracium.
Flowering time: May - August. Perennial. Native.

The pale yellow flowers are solitary on leafless stems, the flower heads red-striped below. All leaves are basal, white-felted underneath and green with scattered stiff white hairs above. Mat-forming with long, leafy runners. Height: 5-30cm.

Very frequent on dry rocks, walls, roadsides, grasslands and heaths.

Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum, Searbh na muc

Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum, Searbh na muc
Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum, Searbh na muc

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