Leontodon saxatilis
Lesser Hawkbit, Hairy Hawkbit at Isaacs Ridge
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| Leontodon saxatilis | Mike | 20 Jan 2018 | |
| Leontodon saxatilis | BettyDonWood | 19 Jan 2018 | |
| Leontodon rhagadioloides | BettyDonWood | 14 Jan 2018 | |
| Unverified | Mike | 13 Jan 2018 |
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I have added later photos of leaves including enlargement showing forked tips to leaf hairs.
7 comments
20 Jan 2018
You are far more familiar with the look of these things than I. I used a key, which is always iffy when half the things one needs for the key are not in a photo.
20 Jan 2018
Do you want other photos? Then I could check out the caterpillar that is in the photo.
20 Jan 2018
If you could do a closeup of the bracts forming the base of the flower. Rhagadioloides has a single row with coarse bristles, Saxatilis bracts are in two or more rows, and are hairless or with scattered simple hairs.
20 Jan 2018
If you could do a closeup of the bracts forming the base of the flower. Rhagadioloides has a single row with coarse bristles, Saxatilis bracts are in two or more rows, and are hairless or with scattered simple hairs.
21 Jan 2018
Yes, Jackie, it is now Leontodon rhagadioloides, with no subspecies any more. When I blow up the current side on flower head I can see a second row of bracts. A senior’s moment calling it rhagadioloides I suppose.
Unfortunately in all the recent upgrades to The CNM platform my moderator status went west so I cannot confirm this sighting as Leontodon saxatilis yet.
Unfortunately in all the recent upgrades to The CNM platform my moderator status went west so I cannot confirm this sighting as Leontodon saxatilis yet.
21 Jan 2018
I have confirmed this on the basis of your comments. Fortunately I can still do that for Isaacs.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.118023-35.368213
- Altitude 636.6m
- Maps Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
- Places Isaacs, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 12 Feb 2018 09:59 AM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Species information
- Leontodon saxatilis Scientific name
- Lesser Hawkbit, Hairy Hawkbit Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1103.49m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Leontodon taraxacoides subsp. taraxacoides Leontodon taraxacoides
Seasonal activity
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Was the plant in flower?
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