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Scorzoneroides autumnalis
Also called Autumnal Hawkbit, Fall Dandelion, Fall Hawkbit, August Flower
Autumn hawkbit is a perennial yellow-flowered herb in the daisy family, native to Eurasia and similar to dandelion but flowering later in the year. It is grown mainly as a hardy, moisture-loving wildflower in gardens and meadows.
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.
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 dandelions, towards the autumn in Eastern Europe. In the Latin synonym of the plant name, Leontodon autumnalis, "leontodon" means "lion's tooth", the same as "dandelion".
The fly Tephritis leontodontis is known to attack the capitula of this plant.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scorzoneroides autumnalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
