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Picris hieracioides L.

hawkweed oxtongue (Asteraceae / Compositae)

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Picris hieracioides is a rather stiff plant of calcareous grasslands and rough ground, mostly in England and South Wales.

Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2014-06-24

 hawkweed oxtongue / Picris hieracioides: _Picris hieracioides_ is a rather stiff plant of calcareous grasslands and rough ground, mostly in England and South Wales.

Picris hieracioides differs from Helminthotheca echioides in having narrow outer phyllaries.

Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2014-06-24

 hawkweed oxtongue / Picris hieracioides: _Picris hieracioides_ differs from _Helminthotheca echioides_ in having narrow outer phyllaries.

The achenes of Picris hieracioides are short and stubby, with transversely wrinkled ribs, and a pappus of two rows of feathery, yellowish white hairs.

Aston Rowant (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2014-10-27

 hawkweed oxtongue / Picris hieracioides: The achenes of _Picris hieracioides_ are short and stubby, with transversely wrinkled ribs, and a pappus of two rows of feathery, yellowish white hairs.

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