Fox-and-cubs - Pilosella aurantiaca
Alt Name
Orange Hawkweed
Description
Short to medium, stoloniferous, blackish-hairy plant. Leaves mostly in a basal rosette. Flowers orange-red 13 to 15 mm in fairly tight clusters.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Grassy and waste habitats, lawns, cultivated land.
When to see it
June to August.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Widely naturalised in Britain.
VC55 Status
Quite common and probably increasing in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 19 of the 617 tetrads.
 Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4914 9316 (taken 20.8.2008),.JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote20 August 2008
HAPeacockThe Orchards19 June 2012
HAPeacockThe Orchards26 June 2012
Graham CalowFrolesworth10 June 2015
Graham CalowFrolesworth10 June 2015
Graham CalowSpringwell Lane, Whetsone01 July 2016
 Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4914 9316 (taken 20.8.2008),.JPG)
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David NichollsRutland Water27 May 2011 Sharnford Road (taken 4.7.2007).,.JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote04 July 2007 Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4914 9316 (taken 20.8.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote20 August 2008 Site of 'The Limes' Sapcote SP 4815 9349 (taken 19.9.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote19 September 2008
David NichollsBagworth Heath19 May 2011
HAPeacockThe Orchards19 June 2012
Graham CalowJubilee Walk, Leire02 August 2011
HAPeacockThe Orchards19 June 2012
HAPeacockThe Orchards26 June 2012
Alan SemperHarby churchyard08 July 2012
Alan SemperHarby churchyard08 July 2012
David NichollsNature Alive, Coalville12 July 2012
Barbara CooperLong Clawson31 August 2012
Barbara CooperLong Clawson31 August 2012
David NichollsRatby Church19 October 2012
Graham CalowFrolesworth Churchyard10 June 2015
David GouldWolsey Island, Leicester04 June 2015
 Sharnford Road (taken 4.7.2007).,.JPG)
 Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4914 9316 (taken 20.8.2008).JPG)
 Site of 'The Limes' Sapcote SP 4815 9349 (taken 19.9.2008).JPG)
