Autumn Hawkbit - Scorzoneroides autumnalis
Alt Name
Leontodon autumnalis
Description
Low to medium plant usually with branched stems. Leaves narrow oblong deeply toothed to pinnately lobed. Flowerheads 20 to 35 mm yellow, the outer rays striped with red outside.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Rocky or grassy places, pathways, waysides.
When to see it
June to October.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Common throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 526 of the 617 tetrads.
David NichollsSt. Mary's Allotments, Leicester06 October 2012involucre narrows into stalk, not bell-shaped Harecroft Crescent Sapcote SP 4899 9370 (taken 18.8.2007).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote garden118 August 2007
David NichollsRatby01 October 2005
Graham CalowWitherley15 July 2015Outer florets often red below
David NichollsSt. Mary's Allotments, Leicester06 October 2012Leaves deeply lobed - no stem-leaves
Graham CalowFrolesworth28 July 2015 Leicester Road Sapcote SP 4932 9342 (taken 21.7.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote21 July 2008 All Saints Car Park Sapcote SP 4887 9321 (taken 23.6.2006)..JPG)
Graham CalowAll Saints Chuch, Sapcote23 June 2006
 Harecroft Crescent Sapcote SP 4899 9370 (taken 18.8.2007).JPG)
 Leicester Road Sapcote SP 4932 9342 (taken 21.7.2008).JPG)
 All Saints Car Park Sapcote SP 4887 9321 (taken 23.6.2006)..JPG)
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Graham CalowFrolesworth28 July 2015
David NichollsCroft Hill29 September 2011
David NichollsSt. Mary's Allotments, Leicester06 October 2012
David NichollsRatby01 October 2005
David NichollsRatby01 October 2005
David GouldAylestone Playing Fields, Leicester.04 September 2014
David GouldAylestone Playing Fields, Leicester.04 September 2014
Graham CalowWitherley15 July 2015Involucre narrows into stalk, not bell-shaped
David GouldAylestone Playing Fields, Leicester.04 September 2014
