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Leontodon saxatilis

Introduced daisy to 40 cm with spreading grapnel-shaped hairs.Lance-shaped leaves form a rosette at the base of the unbranched flower stem. Soft yellow daisy made up of lots of overlapping notched yellow ray petals, sometimes purplish on outer edges.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Leontodon taraxacoides
Distinctive Features

Nodding flower buds. Unbranched stems.

Biology

Perennial. Weed of introduced places but also in grasslands, woodlands and forests. Often on rock pavements competing with native annuals.

Native Status
Introduced
Flowering Time

Aug-Feb

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Leontodon
Species
saxatilis

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Native of Europe and naturalized through most of Australia.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Buds droop or nod like Microseris species.

Native Status
Introduced