trefle.io · Taken Apr 10, 2020 by Annemarie Ahrens-Stehle (cc-by-sa)
Asteraceae
Rough hawkbit
Leontodon hispidus
Also known as Leontodon protheiformis subsp. hispidus, Autumn hawkbit, Picris hispida, Virea hispida
Native Plants · Hawkbit · Yellow Flowers · Wildflower · Dandelion-Like · Meadow · Pollinator · European Native · Perennial
This European wildflower produces bright yellow dandelion-like blooms and thrives in poor to average soils. Requires minimal care once established and naturalizes well in meadow gardens. Excellent for supporting pollinators throughout the growing season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately when soil surface feels dry · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 6 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, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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