''Scorzoneroides autumnalis'', commonly called autumn hawkbit, is a
perennial plant species, widespread in its native range in Eurasia (from Europe east to western Siberia), and introduced in North America.
The plant is sometimes called fall dandelion, because it is very similar to the
common dandelion (one of the main differences being a branched stem with several capitula
Autumn Hawkbit
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Description
''Scorzoneroides autumnalis'' is a perennial herb growing to 35 cm high usually with branched stems and several flower-heads each about 30 mm across. The florets are all ligulate and bright yellow. The leaves are all basal and linear-oblong.
Reproduction
Flowers in June to October producing achenes.
Habitat
Frequent in damp grassland[Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. 1968 Excursion Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press ]
Ecology
The fly
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
'' Tephritis leontodontis'' is known to attack the capitula of this plant.
Distribution
Abundant in Ireland and Great Britain.
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Cichorieae
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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