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| Life form: |
| Perennial herb |
| Stems: |
| Very hairy stem that swells slightly at the top |
| Leaves: |
| Roughly hairy, usually on single stems from a basal rosette |
| Flowers: |
| Yellow, flower-heads solitary, 25-35 mm across; florets all ligulate, and the underside of the outer florets sometimes has a reddish tinge |
| Flowering Period: |
| June, July, August |
| Fruits: |
| Achene, scarcely beaked, pappus of dirty white hairs. |
| Habitat: |
| Dry meadows hills, pastures and roadsides |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Leontodon, leon, λεων, οντιϛ, a lion; odous, tooth, because of the toothed leaves.
hispides, hispid, rough, shaggy, bristly; bristly.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
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