Rough Hawkbit

Common Name: Rough Hawkbit

Latin Name: Leontodon hispidus

Ultimate Height: 50 cm

Flower Colour: Yellow

Type: Perennial

Soil: Loam, Sand, Chalk, Akaline, Neutral PH

Flowering times: June-September

History, uses and notes:

Rough Hawkbit is a short hairy stemmed pollinator with a slight bulb at the top of the stem. All the hawkweed types smell strongly and sweetly of honey when expanded in the full sunshine.

Rough Hawkbit is a little bit of a slow grower and can get outdone in very good soil with a lot of competition. 

It has been ranked very high in meadow flora nectar productivity.

Flowering from June, right through to early autumn, Rough Hawkbit will help bring #bringthebeesback

Description:

Each flower is on a long, leafless stem. The leaves, stem and buds are covered in numerous hairs. The leaves have a winged stalk. The solitary flower heads are 25 to 40 mm and are bright yellow, the outer rays orange or reddish beneath.

Rough Hawkbit leaf - Photo by David Nicholls

Up Close of Rough Hawkbit