Leontodon

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Leontodon in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Leontodon (Greek, lion's tooth). Compositae. A rather weedy group of hardy perennials little grown in Amer. and not unlike the hawkweeds. They are scapose herbs with clustered, basal leavesl much pinnatifid, scapose, with many-fld. heads of rather showy yellow flowers.: involucre ovoid or oblong, its bracts in 1 or 2 series; pappus of plumose bristles, differing in this from Hieracium, its nearest horticultural relative. L. autumnale, Linn., Fall Dandelion, is sometimes cultured in Amer. It becomes weedy, but its late-flowering yellow heads are attractive to some. Eu., but naturalized in E. N. Amer. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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