Leontodon hispidus L. subsp. hispidus Rough Hawkbit

Leontodon hispidus L. subsp. hispidus - Rough Hawkbit

Scientific Description:

Perennial, with horizontal cylindrical corky rhizome. Indumentum consisting in part of forked hairs. Stems 17−42 cm, unbranched, sparsely bracteate or naked. Leaves 5−16 × 1−3 cm, oblanceolate in outline, acute at apex and tapered at base, subentire to runcinate-dentate, hispid to glabrous. Involucre hemispherical, sub-2-seriate, 10−16 mm long; phyllaries with membranous margins, hispid or glabrous. Achenes truncate at apex, all pappose. Pappus yellowish.

 

Flowering time: July−September.

Habitat: Forests, fields, banks, 20−3300 m.

 

var. hispidus

Leaves and phyllaries sparsely to densely hispid.

 

Reference:
Kupicha FK (1975). Leontodon hispidus L.,
In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 5: 674.

Public Description:

Leontodon hispidus var. hispidus, known as “rough hawkbit” or “bristly hawkbit”, is distributed in Europe, the Caucasus and Iran. It is a perennial plant with yellow flowers, and grows up to 42 cm in length. It bloom between July to September and is found in forests, fields and banks.

 

References:

Anonymous (2016). http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Leontodon+hispidus/, 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.

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