This is a tall, bristly yellow composite superficially similar to Helminthotheca echioides but with the flower bracts narrow instead of wide and embracing the flower head.

P. hieracioides is common in southern England but records become very sparse in northern England and Wales. It is raely found in Scotland or Ireland.

Picris hieracioides Hawkweed Oxtongue Banks of River Itchen, Southampton 2nd October 2004 Previous   Next

Picris hieracioides Hawkweed Oxtongue

Thames embankment near Kew, London 20th June 2006

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