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Scorzoneroides autumnalis

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Kingdom
  
Higher classification
  
Scorzoneroides

Order
  
Scientific name
  
Scorzoneroides autumnalis

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Species

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Leontodon, Daisy family, Rough Hawkbit, Tragopogon pratensis, Cirsium palustre

Scorzoneroides autumnalis, commonly called autumn hawkbit, is a perennial plant species, widespread in its native range in Eurasia (from Europe east to western Siberia), and introduced in North America.

Scorzoneroides autumnalis Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis NatureSpot

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), but "yellow fields", covered by this plant appear much later than dandelion's, towards the autumn in the Eastern Europe. In the Latin synonym of the plant name, Leontodon autumnalis, "leontodon" means "lion's tooth", the same as "dandelion".

Scorzoneroides autumnalis Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis NatureSpot

Ecology

The fly Tephritis leontodontis is known to attack the capitula of this plant.

Scorzoneroides autumnalis Scorzoneroides autumnalis falldandelion Go Botany

Scorzoneroides autumnalis Scorzoneroides autumnalis falldandelion Go Botany

Scorzoneroides autumnalis Scorzoneroides autumnalis falldandelion Go Botany

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References

Scorzoneroides autumnalis Wikipedia