Photographs: Co. Cork

Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pilosella officinarum Searbh na muc Family: Asteraceae Previously listed in the genus Hieracium. Flowering time: May - August. Perennial. Native. The pale yellow flowers are solitary on leafless stems, the flower heads red-striped below. All leaves are basal, white-felted underneath and green with scattered stiff white hairs above. Mat-forming with long, leafy runners. Height: 5-30cm. Very frequent on dry rocks, walls, roadsides, grasslands and heaths.

Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum, Searbh na muc