Thursday 20 October 2011

Lesser Hawkbit

Lesser Hawkbit, Leontodon saxatilis. Lullingstone Country Park, 14 October 2011.
Lesser Hawkbit, Leontodon saxatilis.  Lullingstone Country Park, 14 October 2011.
I am taking a course called "Discovering WIldflowers" at Lullingstone Country Park. Last Friday we walked around some of the park, looking for roses but not confining ourselves to them.

This is a common enough flower, one of the many yellow-flowered composites that look a little like dandelions. This one looks as though someone has taken a paintbrush full of grey, outlined the sepals are run the brush up the outer petals.

I also took a shot of the flower full on, shown below, but I think the first one is much more pleasant and  interesting.

Lesser Hawkbit, Leontodon saxatilis. Lullingstone Country Park, 14 October 2011.
Lesser Hawkbit, Leontodon saxatilis.  Lullingstone Country Park, 14 October 2011.
Posted by Bill Welch at 05:00
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Location: Lullingstone Country Park

1 comment:

  1. teegee20 October 2011 at 21:58

    To me, the triple tips of the petals, both their gray backs and the yellow, seem interesting. It is quite emphatic.

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