Dandelion-like Plants

Salsify Common Reichardia Pink Hawk's-beard Star Hawkbit



Dandelion Family - Asteraceae

Crocus-leaved Viper’s-grass      Pseudopodospermum crocifolium

Native and endemic to southern Greece.

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Habit
Flowerhead
Phyllaries
Flower bud
Crocus-leaved Viper’s-grass Crocus-leaved Viper’s-grass Crocus-leaved Viper’s-grass Crocus-leaved Viper’s-grass
Flower bud
Leaves
Leaves
Leaf detail


Purple Salsify      Tragopogon porrifolius

Native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean Region. A widespread perennial in grassy places.

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Habit
Flowerhead
Phyllaries
Leaves


Slender Salsify      Geropogon hybridus

Native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean Region. A common annual in grassy places.

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Flowerhead
Flowerhead
Flowerhead
Phyllaries
Slender Salsify
Leaf section


Annual Hyoseris      Hyoseris scabra

Native throughout the Mediterranean Region. A common annual of open, bare places, including along paths and as an urban weed.

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Habit
Flowerhead
Flowerhead
Flowerhead
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Phyllaries
Phyllaries
Phyllaries
Leaf


Common Reichardia      Reichardia picroides

Native throughout the Mediterranean Region. Common in disturbed ground and bare places, including along paths and as an urban weed.

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Habit
Flowerhead
Phyllaries
Phyllaries
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Phyllaries
Basal leaf
Leaf
Stem leaf


Prickly Sow-thistle      Sonchus asper

Widespread and common as a weed of urban and disturbed places.

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Habit
Habit
Habit
Phyllaries
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Leaf
Leaf base
Seedhead


Smooth Sow-thistle      Sonchus oleraceus

Widespread and common as a weed of urban and disturbed places.

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Habit
Habit
Flowerhead
Flowerhead
Smooth Sow-thistle Smooth Sow-thistle Smooth Sow-thistle
Phyllaries
Leaf
Leaf base


Star Hawkbit      Rhagadiolus stellatus

Native throughout most of southern Europe and the Mediterranean Region.

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Habit
Habit
Flowerhead
Phyllaries
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Leaf
Seedhead
Seedhead
Seedhead


Pink Hawk's-beard      Crepis rubra

Native in southern and South-eastern Europe, especially southern Italy and Greece.

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Habit
Flowerheads
Flowerhead
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Phyllaries
Phyllaries
Leaf
Leaf


     Crepis dioscoridis

Native to southern Greece. Frequent in Peleponnese, it's stronghold.

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Habit
Habit
Flowerhead
Phyllaries
Crepis dioscoridis Crepis dioscoridis Crepis dioscoridis Crepis dioscoridis
Phyllaries
Basal leaf
Stem leaf
Leaf detail


Common Skeletonweed      Chondrilla juncea

Native to most of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and western Asia. A frequent coloniser of bare and disturbed grounnd.

Common Skeletonweed Common Skeletonweed Common Skeletonweed Common Skeletonweed
Habit
Habit
Flowerheads
Flowerheads
Common Skeletonweed Common Skeletonweed Common Skeletonweed Common Skeletonweed
Phyllaries
Basal leaves
Stem leaf
Stem base


Prickly Goldenfleece      Urospermum picroides

Native throughout the Mediterranean Basin and Middle East. A weedy coloniser of bare and disturbed ground.

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Habit
Habit
Flowerhead
Phyllaries
Prickly Goldenfleece Prickly Goldenfleece Prickly Goldenfleece Prickly Goldenfleece
Phyllaries
Leaf
Leaf
Stem


Scaly Hawkbit      Hedypnois rhagadioloides ssp. rhagadioloides

Native throughout the Mediterranean Basin and Middle East. A low species of bare and disturbed ground, including beaches.

Scaly Hawkbit Scaly Hawkbit Scaly Hawkbit Scaly Hawkbit
Habit
Flowerhead
Flowerhead
Flowerhead
Scaly Hawkbit Scaly Hawkbit Scaly Hawkbit Scaly Hawkbit
Phyllaries
Phyllaries
Leaf
Leaves


Tuberous Hawkbit      Leontodon tuberosus

Native throughout the Mediterranean Region.

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Habit
Habit
Flowerheads
Phyllaries
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Phyllaries
Leaves
Leaf detail
Stem


Mediterranean Cat's-ear      Hypochaeris achyrophorus

Native throughout the Mediterranean Basin and Middle East. A common species of bare and disturbed ground.

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Flowerhead
Flowerhead
Phyllaries
Phyllaries
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Phyllaries
Leaf
Old seedhead