Leontodon saxatilis

Hairy hawkbit, Hairy Hawkbit

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Hairy hawkbit is a naturalized perennial found in disturbed and grassy areas, typically growing in lowland regions. Flowering from spring to early summer, this plant produces yellow flowers in nodding heads approximately 1 to 3 centimeters wide. Growing with curved-ascending stems 10 to 30 centimeters tall that are unbranched and minimally branched, it develops a distinctive growth pattern. Its leaves are oblanceolate, 2 to 25 centimeters long, covered with stiff bristly hairs that give the plant its characteristic textured appearance. The fruit features an interesting pappus with a crown of short, fringed scales and inner fruit with plumose bristles that aid in wind dispersal.

California counties: Mendocino, Orange, San Luis Obispo, Sacramento, Marin, Shasta, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Del Norte, Santa Cruz, Yuba, Nevada, Humboldt, Amador, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Placer, Trinity, Calaveras, Tehama, Colusa, El Dorado, Merced, Lake

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