Hieracium pilosella

The plant is widespread on dry sites, especially on sandy roadsides .  Yellow basket-inflorescence Hieracium pilosella resemble the famous dandelion blossoms, but they are 2 times less .  Hawkweed - the plant is small, grassy height of 5-30 cm, the family Asteraceae .  Leaves collected in the rosette, sessile, green above, below, or white and gray felt, topped hairs .  It has numerous creeping shoots .  Stem arrow without leaves ends with a yellow basket .  All the flowers and them in a basket of up to 100 pieces, reed, with a tuft of hairs .  Arrow wrapper and densely covered with glandular .  The name given to a plant for pre-existing assumptions that the visual acuity of hawks enhanced by the use of this plant for food .  When the hot sun leaves Hieracium coagulate and substituted it its bottom covered with felt side, which protects the plant from excessive evaporation .  It flowers in May and June, sometimes - autumn .  Baskets disclosed between 6-7 hours and close at 15-16 hours

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