Photographs: Inchidoney, Co. Cork

Beaked Hawk's-beard Crepis vesicaria Lus cúráin gobach Family: Asteraceae Flowering May-July. Usually biennial. Introduced. Yellow flowers, outer florets usually reddish-orange underneath, and slightly hairy bracts below flowers. Erect buds and fruits (achenes) with long, slender beaks. Stem base reddish, basal leaves deeply pinnate with end lobe largest and smaller upper leaves. Hairy/downy plant. 30-75cm. Found on dry soils on banks, roadsides, waste ground and gravel pits. Most frequent in southern and central Ireland, Similar: Rough Hawk's-beard

Beaked Hawk's-beard, Crepis vesicaria, Lus cúráin gobach