Pilosella officinarum

Pilosella officinarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Pilosella
Species:
P. officinarum
Binomial name
Pilosella officinarum
Vaill.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Hieracium albofloccosum (Nägeli & Peter) Prain
  • Hieracium kemulariae Üksip
  • Hieracium leucopsilon Arv.-Touv.
  • Hieracium melanops (Peter) J.Weiss
  • Hieracium obscurisquamum (Nägeli & Peter) Prain
  • Hieracium paradoxum Kem.-Nath.
  • Hieracium pilosella L.
  • Hieracium tricholepium (Nägeli & Peter) Prain
  • Hieracium trichosoma (Peter) J.Weiss
  • Pilosella angustella Norrl.
  • Pilosella melanops (Peter) Dostál
  • Pilosella micradenophora Dostál
  • Pilosella tricholepia (Nägeli & Peter) Dostál
  • Pilosella urnigera Norrl.

Pilosella officinarum (synonym Hieracium pilosella),[1] known as mouse-ear hawkweed,[2] is a yellow-flowered species of flowering plant in the daisy family Compositae (= Asteraceae), native to Europe and northern Asia. It produces single, lemon-coloured inflorescences. Like most hawkweed species, it is highly variable and is a member of a species complex of several dozens of subspecies and hundreds of varieties and forms. It is an allelopathic plant.

  1. ^ a b c "Pilosella officinarum Vaill.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Hieracium pilosella​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 31 January 2016.