Common name:
Mouse-ear hawkweed
Family:
Scientific name:
Pilosella officinarum
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up to 25 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, rocky places, old walls, heaths
Flowers:
Solitary flowerheads of pale yellow florets (red-striped underneath, especially at the tips), above a cylindrical involucre lined by one row of equal-length phyllaries which, like the leafless stem, have a covering of short, black, bristly, glandular hairs, and longer white hairs. Flowerheads are up to 25 mm in diameter
Leaves:
Obovate, with entire edges; up to 8 cm long, tapering at the base to a short stalk. Upper surfaces have a sparse covering of long white hairs, while the undersurfaces are densely felted. In a basal rosette
Season:
May to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
