| Plants : Asteraceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Leontodon saxatilis |
Description: This is a species of dry grassland, including sand dunes. It is smaller than the autumnal hawkbit (Leontodon autumnalis) and has forked hairs on its leaves (L. autumnalis has unbranched hairs) and an unbranched flower-scape.
Other names: Leontodon taraxacoides
All names: Leontodon saxatilis Lam.; Leontodon taraxacoides (Villars) Merat; Leontodon leysseri G.Beck; Leontodon hirtus auct.; Leontodon nudicaulis auct.; Thrincia hirta Roth; Thrincia leysseri Wallr.; Thrincia taraxacoides (Vill.) Gaudin; Thrincia nudicaulis Britten pro parte
Distribution Map from NBN: Leontodon saxatilis at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Leontodon saxatilis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Leontodon saxatilis. Lam.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=4524. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |