Leontodon crispus DC. ex Nyman subsp. asper (Waldst. & Kit.) Rohl. var. asper Hawkbit

Leontodon crispus DC. ex Nyman subsp. asper (Waldst. & Kit.) Rohl. var. asper - Hawkbit

Scientific Description:

Taprooted perennial. Indumentum of coarse 2−4-forked hairs. Stems 9−50 cm, simple and sparsely bracteate or sparingly branched and leafy, not swollen beneath capitulum. Leaves 5−18 × 1−1.7 cm, oblanceolate in outline, acute at apex and tapering at base, sinuate-dentate to pinnatilobed, hispid. Involucre hemispherical, 10−20 mm long; phyllaries pluriseriate, linear-acute to acuminate, ± regularly imbricate, outer ciliate-pectinate and dorsally glabrous, pubescent or densely setose. Achenes beaked, all pappose. Pappus dirty white, of 15−42 hairs.

Flowering time: May−August.

Habitat: Forest, rocky limestone slopes, steppe, 250−2900 m.

var. asper

Dorsal surface of outer phyllaries glabrous or pubescent, sometimes very sparsely setose.

Reference:
Kupicha FK (1975). Leontodon crispus Vill. subsp. asper (Waldst. & Kit. ) Rohl., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 5: 675.

Public Description:

Leontodon crispus subsp. asper, known as “hawkbit”, is distributed in Southeast Europe, Southwest Russia, Crimea, Türkiye and Caucasica. It is a perennial plant with yellow flowers, and grows up to 50 cm in length. It blooms between May and August and is found in forest, rocky limestone slopes and steppe.

References:

Anonymous (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=5725/, Accessed date: 21.01.2016.

Aslan S (2012). Leontodon L. In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 182–183.