orange hawkweed <b><i>Pilosella aurantiaca

orange hawkweed Pilosella aurantiaca

Pilosella aurantiaca (orange hawkweed, tawny hawkweed, Devil's paintbrush or fox and cubs) is a perennial plant native to alpine regions of central and southern Europe, where it is protected in several regions. It is a low-growing plant with shallow fibrous roots and a basal rosette of elliptical to lanceolate leaves 5–20 cm long and 1–3 cm broad . The flowering stem is usually leafless or with just one or two small leaves. The stem and leaves are covered with short stiff hairs (trichomes), usually blackish in colour. The stems may reach a height of 60 cm and have 2–25 capitula (flowerheads), each 1–2½ cm diameter, bundled together at the end of short pedicels. All parts of the plant exude a milky juice. The plants propagates through its wind-dispersed seeds, and also vegetatively by stolons and shallow rhizomes. from wikipedia
BazZ
on Jul 14, 2007 8:33 am
Image Type(s): Flora
Image ID: 311868

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