Wall hawkweed

Hieracium murorum

Wall hawkweed is a cheerful little plant with bright yellow flowers that bloom in the summer. It loves to grow in rocky places and can often be found peeking out from between stones.

Lebensraum: Rocky areas

Aussehen

The Wall hawkweed has bright yellow, dandelion-like flower heads often growing on slender, hairy stems. Its basal leaves form a rosette, varying in shape and often tinged reddish underneath, setting it apart from true dandelions.

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Wall hawkweed

Kategorie

Pflanzen

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Each 'flower' is actually a collection of up to 100 tiny individual flowers called florets!

Its ancient name, Hieracium, comes from 'hierax', meaning hawk, as people thought hawks ate it for good eyesight!

This resilient plant can change its leaf shape and hairiness to adapt perfectly to different growing conditions!

Young Wall hawkweed leaves can be foraged for salads, but they often have a distinctly bitter, peppery taste!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Wall hawkweed can anchor itself in tiny rock crevices and thrive where other plants can't survive, showing great resilience.

It has fluffy seeds designed to catch the wind, allowing it to travel far and spread quickly across new areas.

Wall hawkweed can create seeds without needing pollen, producing perfect genetic copies of itself to reproduce.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 10-60 cm
Ausbreitung: 10-30 cm
Blütengröße: 2-3 cm
Blütezeit: Late spring to early fall
Essbar: Ja
Giftigkeit: Keine
Lebenszyklus: Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode: Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

European honey bee

Apis mellifera

collects nectar and pollen

pollinates

Buff-tailed bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

important pollinator, seeks nectar

eaten by

Red slug

Arion rufus

grazes on leaves and stems

eaten by

Pointed snail

Cochlicella acuta

feeds on plant foliage

Merkmale

Blühend

Blütenpflanzen sind alle Pflanzen, die als Teil ihres Fortpflanzungszyklus Blüten bilden.

Sommerblühend

Sommerblühende Pflanzen bringen ihre Blüten während der Sommersaison hervor und sorgen oft für leuchtende Farben, wenn viele andere Pflanzen bereits verblüht sind.