Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Co. Waterford |
Hawkweeds Hieracium Lus na seabhac Family: Asteraceae Hawkweeds form a large group of perennial plants that can be very difficult to identify! They are divided into different groups or 'sections' with many micro-species recognised within the sections All are perennials with yellow flowers and several rows of sepal-like bracts. Basal leaf-rosettes are present or absent depending on species They occur in a range of habitats but prefer poor, dry ground. Mouse-eared Hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum is one of the easiest to identify and H. anglicum probably the most common Irish microspecies |
Hawkweeds, Hieracium
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