Pink or Blue Dandelion-like Flowers
Dandelion Family - Asteraceae
See also dandelion-like plants with yellow flowers.
Slender Salsify Geropogon hybridus
Native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean Region. A common annual in grassy places.
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Purple Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius
Native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean Region. A widespread perennial in grassy places.
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Small Purple Salsify Geropogon coelesyriacus
Native from Greece and Bulgaria eastwards through Turkey and the Middle East to Central Asia.
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Pink Hawk's-beard Crepis rubra
Native in southern and South-eastern Europe, especially southern Italy and Greece.
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Common Chicory Cichorium intybus
Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region eastwards to Central Asia. Plants to 100cm tall with a rosette of basal leaves that resemble those of some of the hawk's-beards. The flowerheads usually appear a few at a time on upper side branches of the main stem. The branches gradually elongate as later flowers open. Flowerheads are typically bright, pale blue, but may rarely be white or pink.
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Dwarf Chicory Cichorium pumilum
Native through the Mediterranean Region and eastwards to the Arabian Peninsula and western China. A strange, twiggy species of dry, stony places.
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