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Pilosella officinarum F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.

mouse-ear hawkweed (Asteraceae / Compositae)

 SpreadBias within British IslesDirection of bias
Very widespreadNegligible tendencyNW
Plant Atlas 2020
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Pilosella officinarum is a rather variable species of well-drained grasslands; each stem ends in a single flower-head.

Hartslock (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2014-06-06

 mouse-ear hawkweed / Pilosella officinarum: _Pilosella officinarum_ is a rather variable species of well-drained grasslands; each stem ends in a single flower-head.

Basal leaves

Hartslock (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2014-06-06

 mouse-ear hawkweed / Pilosella officinarum: Basal leaves

Pilosella officinarum has long stolons with spaced-out reduced leaves, in contrast to Pilosella peleteriana.

Beckley (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2015-06-07

 mouse-ear hawkweed / Pilosella officinarum: _Pilosella officinarum_ has long stolons with spaced-out reduced leaves, in contrast to _Pilosella peleteriana_.

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