Leontodon saxatilis Lam., 1779

Common names

🇬🇧 Lesser Hawkbit
🇫🇷 Liondent des rochers, Liondent faux pissenlit, Thrincie, Liondent à tige nue

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Hypochaeridinae
Genus: Leontodon
Species: Leontodon saxatilis

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

L. saxatilis subsp. crassifolius (Welw. ex Mariz) P.Silva, 1987;
L. saxatilis subsp. mesorhynchus (Maire) Maire, 1934;
L. saxatilis subsp. saxatilis Lam., 1779, P.

Hybridizes with L. hispidus L., 1753 to produce L. × vegetus Finch & P.D.Sell, 2006, P.

Photographs

img/leontodon-saxatilis.webp — Leontodon saxatilis

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 466). Biotope.