Cat's
Ear
Shoreham
Beach
Four
species of Hypochaeris
are recorded in Britain. These include the native Smooth Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris
glabra), Spotted Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris
maculata) and Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris
radicata).
Cichorioid
Daisies are the "dandelion-like" plants with heads with containing
only ligulate (strap-like) florets.
With
Dandelion
and Hawkweed species there is over 1000 species in Britain - and most of
them are yellow-flowered.
Asteraceae
or Compositae, subfamily – Cichorioideae
Recording
advice
A
side-on picture of the flowerhead and stem. This cannot be verified form
a 'full-face' picture looking down onto the flowerhead; there are very
many similar flowers.
18 May 2022
Cat's
Ear
Shoreham
Beach
Four
species of Hypochaeris
are recorded in Britain. These include the native Smooth Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris
glabra), Spotted Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris
maculata) and Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris
radicata).
Smooth
Hawksbeard
Very
frequent on Shoreham
Beach and found on residential road verges
Beaked
Hawksbeard (ID
??)
Crepis
vesicaria
Mill
Hill
The hairiness of this plant could mean it is the first local record of the Rough Hawksbeard, Crepis biennis
Subsequent
observations (17 May 2022)
point to Beaked Hawksbeard Crepis
vesicaria
Hawksbeard
Gallery
9 March 2022
Dandelions
and Daisies
Buckingham
Park
Cat's
Ear
Shoreham
Fort
Mouse-eared Hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum
21 April 2020
Beaked
Hawksbeard
Down
by the River Adur, western towpath by Ricardo
Oxford
Dandelion, Taraxacum
oxoniense ?
Lower
slopes of Mill Hill
16 May 2019
Nipplewort
Beaked
Hawksbeard, Crepis
vesicaria
Seen
in the flickr
group Flora
of the British Isles: A Photographic Guide
Towpath
next to Ricardo
Beaked
Hawksbeard, Crepis
vesicaria; Bracts splay out below the sepals
Young
un-opened buds melon to rugby-ball shaped.
Definitely not Sonchus asper.
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Dandelion,
Taraxacum Section Erythrosperma
from
Mill Hill
If
you remain unsure then cut it. The Dandelion
is
the only yellow member of the Asteraceae
with a hollow stem and it exudes a milky sap. Dandelions
secrete latex, not very much in the wild varieties.
More
Information
22 April 2019
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Oxford
Dandelion, Taraxacum
oxoniense
Widewater
Flood Plain (east of the bridge)
Alex
Prendergast: Erect,
clearly bordered bracts and bright red petioles
etc = Taraxacum oxoniense
ID
on Dandelions
(Taraxacum) of Britain and Ireland facebook
17a.Petioles
narrow, unwinged, brilliant vinous-purple below; outer exterior bracts
rounded-cordate at
base,
conspicuously bordered; ligule stripes grey-brown (widespread and common)
Taraxacum
oxoniense
Section
Erythrosperma
White
Clover and
Smooth Hawksbeard Crepis
capillaris
visited
by a Large Skipper
Adur
Recreation Ground
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Lower Slopes of Mill Hill
6 October 2017
Perennial
Sow Thistle
Downs
Link Cyclepath verges at Old Shoreham
28 September 2017
The mown green space at the the top of Chanctonbury Drive, north Shoreham, was not only grass but a mixture of the common species of wild plants or weeds including a wide variety of he dandelion-like Cichorioid Daisies which I find tricky to identify and even more problematic to remember how to differentiate them for sure, with all the leaves entangled and not always easy to see and remember which is which. The patch as far as I could determine included the easy to recognise Dandelions, Taraxacum officinale agg., and Rough Hawkbit, Leontodon hispidus, the reasonably easy Lesser Hawkbit, Leontodon saxatilis, but also thought to include frequent Autumnal Hawkbit, Scorzoneroides autumnalis, which I am far less positive about. The top left was probably Cat's Ear, Hypochoeris radicata and Nipplewort, Lapsana communis was probably there. The grass patch was mown to lawn standards a few days later.
26 September 2017
Rough Hawkbit
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Mill Hill
Of the cichorioid daisies (dandelion-types) that are so easy to confuse, the lower slopes of Mill Hill hosted Rough Hawkbit and Lesser Hawkbit, but not Smooth Hawk's-beard (misidentified).
27 October 2016
Smooth Sow Thistle
24 October 2016
Nipplewort
9 &
10 October 2016
Under
cloudy skies there were lots of yellow flowers
on wayside plants with a justified reputation for being difficult to identify.
The following dandelion-like
flowers were seen and identified: Rough
Hawkbit, Lesser Hawkbit, Autumnal Hawkbit, Dandelions, Bristly Ox-tongue,
Hawkweed Ox-tongue, Prickly Sow Thistle, Perennial Sow Thistle
and Prickly Lettuce.
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Mouse-eared
Hawkweed, Pilosella
officinarum
Smooth
Hawksbeard,
Crepis
capillaris
Beaked
Hawksbeard, Crepis
vesicaria
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Lesser Hawkbit |
8 October 2016
This prostrate plant was seen on a mown verge in Gordon Road, Shoreham, growing like a Dandelion but much smaller. This is an Autumnal Hawkbit.
6 October
2016
On
Shoreham
Beach East, (first roundabout beach east of Ferry Road) the predominant
Cichorioid
Daisy yellow flowers appeared to be Hawkweed
Ox-tongue (both prostrate and upright),
with one dimunitive clump of Prickly Sow
Thistle, and second in prevalence were
Dandelions
and others more easily recognised, were Hairy
Ragwort.
5 October 2016
Perennial
Sow Thistle
Downs
Link Cyclepath verges at Old Shoreham
30 September 2016
Hawkweed
Ox-tongue
Downs
Link Cyclepath verges near Erringham Gap
28 September 2016
Oxford
Dandelion
Next
to Widewater Cyclepath
22 September 2016
Downs
Link Cyclepath, Old Shoreham
Perennial
Sow Thistle, Sonchus
arvensis
24 June 2016
Lower
Slopes of Mill Hill
Lesser
Hawkbit,
Leontodon
saxatilis
22 June 2016
Rough
Hawkbit
Leontodon
hispidus
Hawkweed
Ox-tongue
Slonk
Hill Cutting (south)
19
October 2014
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Crepis capillaris |
Single flowers on stem, leaves not located |
Centre: " In Scorzoneroides autumnalis (the current name for L. autumnalis) the stalk is swollen and hollow at the apex, the involucral bracts are irregular, and stem leaves are absent. This has two whorls of bracts, the outer much smaller and appressed to the inner, which matches Crepis capillaris. Crepis capillaris commonly has stem leaves, but these may be absent from small or mown plants; there is a depauperate one present here."
Common yellow-flowered ligulate composites
Cichorioid
Daisies are the "dandelion-like" plants with heads with containing
only ligulate (strap-like) florets.
With
Dandelion
and Hawkweed species there is over 1000 species in Britain - and most of
them are yellow-flowered.
5 October
2014
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2 &
16 October 2014
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1 October
2014
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Bristly
Ox-tongue
Downs
Link Cyclepath, Old Shoreham
1 April 2014
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Oxford
Dandelion, Taraxacum
oxoniense
Widewater
Flood Plain
12
September 2012
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