Hieracium pilosella L.
Mouse-ear Hawkweed
Mouse-ear hawkweed is a low, mat-forming perennial of the daisy family, spreading by leafy runners to form neat rosettes of small, oval leaves that are dark green above and white-felted beneath, edged with long hairs, hence both its English and scientific names. From each rosette a single, slender, leafless stalk carries one lemon-yellow flowerhead, the outer florets often tinged red below.
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Mouse-ear hawkweed is a low, mat-forming perennial of the daisy family, spreading by leafy runners to form neat rosettes of small, oval leaves that are dark green above and white-felted beneath, edged with long hairs, hence both its English and scientific names. From each rosette a single, slender, leafless stalk carries one lemon-yellow flowerhead, the outer florets often tinged red below.
A British native, it is a plant of dry, short, open ground, thriving on sunny banks, heaths, dunes, lawns, verges and well-drained or sandy grassland where competition is low. It flowers from late spring through summer, and the bright heads are visited by bees and hoverflies. Its creeping, drought-tolerant habit makes it useful in short turf, green roofs and free-draining grassland mixes, where it knits together open, infertile ground.
Also known as
Mousear hawkweed · Mouseear Hawkweed
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