Plants : AsteraceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Pilosella officinarum F.Schultz & Schultz-Bip.

Mouse-ear-hawkweed

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Pilosella officinarum

Description: A low rosette-forming plant with leafy stolons, and a pale yellow flower-head. It is found on dry ground such as sand dunes and quarry spoil heaps. Common.

All names: Pilosella officinarum F.Schultz & Schultz-Bip.; Hieracium pilosella L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Pilosella officinarum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Pilosella officinarum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Pilosella officinarum. F.Schultz & Schultz-Bip.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=4558. Accessed on 2026-11-02.