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Asteraceae
Mouse-ear hawkweed
Pilosella officinarum
Also known as Hieracium pilosella subsp. dasyphyton, Hieracium pilosella subsp. holoskense, Hieracium pilosella subsp. obscurisquamum, Hieracium pilosella subsp. multisquamum
Native Plants · Groundcover · Wildflower · Low Maintenance · Yellow Flowers · Spreading · Drought Tolerant · Naturalized · Meadow Plant · Alpine
Mouse-ear hawkweed is an extremely low-maintenance groundcover that tolerates poor soils and some drought. This spreading perennial produces small yellow dandelion-like flowers over fuzzy gray-green leaves. Perfect for naturalizing in wild gardens or difficult areas where other plants struggle.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Light watering, allow soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 5–8
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 16 in
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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