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Leontodon hispidus L.

L. hispidus L. (L. hastilis Koch)

Fam:   Asteraceae (Compositae)
Genus:   Leontodon L.
Species: Leontodon hispidus L.
English Name: Rough Hawkbit

Description:

Beak much shorter than the fruit and somewhat thinner than it. Spindly plants without tubers. Hairy leaves, each of which at its tip gratuadet one rosette consisting of 2 - 5 hooks. The rosettes on the tips of the bristles, covering leaves consisting by 2 - 3 hooks.
L. hispidus L. (L. hastilis Koch) (Perennial) - From the meadows, along streams and in moist, grassy and stony places. Appears in Bulgaria, mainly in the mountain belt at an altitude between 1,000 and 3,000 meters.
Blooms: VI - IX.
var. hispidus - stems, leaves and fibrous sheath. Often.
var. glabratus Koch (L. danubialis Jacq.) - Nude or almost naked plant.

Flowering Time: Blooms: VI - IX.

References: „Флора на България”, Н. Стоянов, Б. Стефанов, Б. Китанов, част II, Наука и Изкуство, София, (1967)

Distribution in Bulgaria: From the meadows, along streams and in moist, grassy and stony places. Appears in Bulgaria, mainly in the mountain belt at an altitude between 1,000 and 3,000 meters. (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.

Distribution:
Conservation status and threats:  not protected species in Bulgaria by theBiodiversity Law. Законодателство на Република България: Закон за биологичното разнообразие

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