Photographs: Derrynane, Co. Kerry

Rough Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus Crág phortáin gharbh Family: Asteraceae Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native. Solitary golden-yellow flowers, the florets without scales and much longer than the hairy bracts. Outer rays reddish below. Seeds with feathered and simple hairs. The flower-stems are unbranched and leafless above basal rosettes of wavy-toothed leaves. Leaves and stems are very hairy with forked hairs. Very variable, to 60cm On well-drained neutral or calcareous grassland, roadsides and quarries Similar: Lesser Hawkbit, Leontodon saxatilis is also very variable

Rough Hawkbit, Leontodon hispidus, Crág phortáin gharbh