Scorzoneroides autumnalis
Species of flowering plant
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Scorzoneroides autumnalis, commonly called autumn hawkbit,[2] is a perennial plant species, widespread in its native range in Eurasia (from Europe east to western Siberia),[3] and introduced in North America.[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Scorzoneroides |
| Species: | S. autumnalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scorzoneroides autumnalis | |
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Leontodon autumnalis L. | |
The plant is sometimes called fall dandelion, because it is very similar to the common dandelion (one of the main differences being a branched stem with several capitula[5]), but "yellow fields", covered by this plant appear much later than dandelions, towards the autumn in the Eastern Europe. In the Latin synonym of the plant name, Leontodon autumnalis,[6] "leontodon" means "lion's tooth", the same as "dandelion".
Description
Scorzoneroides autumnalis is a perennial herb growing to 35 cm high usually with branched stems and several flower-heads each about 30 mm across. The florets are all ligulate and bright yellow. The leaves are all basal and linear-oblong.[6]
Reproduction
Habitat
Ecology
The fly Tephritis leontodontis is known to attack the capitula of this plant.[8]
Distribution
Abundant in Ireland and Great Britain.[7]
