Family:

Asteraceae

Habitat:

Ruderal meadow, fallow land

Growth habit:

herbaceous

Plant size:

25 - 40 cm

Flower colour:

yellow

Flowering time

April - August

Leaf characteristics:

Rosette leaves scabrous with winged petiole, stem leaves entire and stem-embracing, the uppermost opposite

Flower characteristics:

Sulphur-yellow ray florets, the marginal ones rusty brown at the edge, often black spot in the centre, numerous ray florets, heads up to 5 cm wide

Fruits:

Achene long beaked, with light rusty brown, feathery pappus

Special features:

downy hairy