Leontodon saxatilis subsp. saxatilis

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Hawkbit is a naturalized perennial found in northwestern California, northern Sierra Nevada foothills, central Coast Ranges, and San Francisco Bay Area in disturbed areas at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering from June to October, this plant produces yellow flowers in heads arranged in open clusters. Growing with slender stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall, it spreads easily in disturbed landscapes. Its leaves are mostly basal, forming a rosette of deeply lobed, lance-shaped green blades. Originally native to Europe, this plant has successfully established itself in various California habitats.

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Bloom period: Jun-Oct

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: NW, n SNF, CCo, SnFrB

California counties: Alameda, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Merced, Monterey, Nevada, Santa Clara, Solano, Yuba, Marin, Mendocino, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Tehama, Placer, Napa, San Luis Obispo, San Diego

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.