Pilosella officinarum

Pilosella officinarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Pilosella
Species:
P. officinarum
Binomial name
Pilosella officinarum
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Synonyms
  • Hieracium albofloccosum (Nägeli & Peter) Prain
  • Hieracium kemulariae Üksip
  • Hieracium leucopsilon Arv.-Touv.
  • Hieracium melanops (Peter) J.Weiss
  • Hieracium obscurisquamum (Nägeli & Peter) Prain
  • Hieracium paradoxum Kem.-Nath.
  • Hieracium pilosella L.
  • Hieracium tricholepium (Nägeli & Peter) Prain
  • Hieracium trichosoma (Peter) J.Weiss
  • Pilosella angustella Norrl.
  • Pilosella melanops (Peter) Dostál
  • Pilosella micradenophora Dostál
  • Pilosella tricholepia (Nägeli & Peter) Dostál
  • Pilosella urnigera Norrl.

Pilosella officinarum (synonym Hieracium pilosella), known as mouse-ear hawkweed, is a yellow-flowered species of flowering plant in the daisy family Compositae (= Asteraceae), native to Europe and northern Asia. It produces single, lemon-coloured inflorescences. Like most hawkweed species, it is highly variable and is a member of a species complex of several dozens of subspecies and hundreds of varieties and forms. It is an allelopathic plant.