Asteraceae

European hawkweed

Pilosella lactucella (Wallr.) P.D.Sell & C.West

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Pilosella

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European hawkweed (Pilosella lactucella) — FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

Czech: Jestřábník myší ouško, Chlupáček myší ouško
Danish: Lancetbladet Høgeurt
Dutch: Spits havikskruid
English: European hawkweed
Estonian: Kõrv-karutubakas
Finnish: Korvavoikeltano
French: Epervière petite-laitue
German: Geöhrtes Habichtskraut
Swedish: Revfibbla

Synonyms

Hieracium acutisquamum (Nägeli & Peter) Prain
Hieracium acutisquamum (Nägeli & Peter) Üksip
Hieracium amaureilema (Nägeli & Peter) Prain
Hieracium auricula subsp. acutisquamum Nägeli & Peter
Hieracium auricula subsp. amaureilema Nägeli & Peter
Hieracium auricula subsp. beverianum Nägeli & Peter
Hieracium auricula subsp. coniophorum Nägeli & Peter
Hieracium auricula subsp. lampreilema Nägeli & Peter
Hieracium auricula subsp. lithuanicum Nägeli & Peter
Hieracium auricula subsp. littuanicum Nägeli & Peter
Hieracium auricula subsp. magnauricula Nägeli & Peter
Hieracium auricula subsp. magnum Nägeli & Peter
Hieracium auricula subsp. melaneilema Peter
Hieracium auricula subsp. tricheilema Nägeli & Peter
Hieracium auricula subsp. ventricatum Nägeli & Peter
Hieracium auricula var. acutisquamum (Nägeli & Peter) Nyár.
Hieracium lactucella Wallr.
Hieracium lactucella subsp. amaureilema (Nägeli & Peter) O.Bolòs & Vigo
Hieracium lactucella subsp. lactucella
Hieracium lactucella subsp. magnauricula (Nägeli & Peter) P.D.Sell
Hieracium lactucella subsp. tricheilema (Nägeli & Peter) O.Bolòs & Vigo
Hieracium littuanicum (Nägeli & Peter) Üksip
Hieracium magnauricula (Nägeli & Peter) Prain
Hieracium melaneilema (Peter) J.Weiss
Hieracium tricheilema (Nägeli & Peter) Prain
Pilosella acutisquama (Nägeli & Peter) Schljakov
Pilosella acutisquama (Nägeli & Peter) Soják
Pilosella amaureilema (Nägeli & Peter) Schljakov
Pilosella lactucella subsp. acutisquama (Nägeli & Peter) Soják
Pilosella lactucella subsp. amaureilema (Nägeli & Peter) Soják
Pilosella lactucella subsp. lampreilema (Nägeli & Peter) Soják
Pilosella lactucella subsp. littuanica (Nägeli & Peter) Soják
Pilosella lactucella subsp. magna (Nägeli & Peter) Soják
Pilosella lactucella subsp. magnauricula (Nägeli & Peter) Soják
Pilosella lactucella subsp. melaneilema (Peter) Soják
Pilosella lactucella subsp. tricheilema (Nägeli & Peter) Soják
Pilosella lithuanica (Nägeli & Peter) Schljakov
Pilosella littuanica (Nägeli & Peter) Schljakov
Pilosella magnauricula (Nägeli & Peter) Dostál
Pilosella melaneilema (Peter) Schljakov

and 1 more.

Flowers

In flower: May to July (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Liuthalas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Max Bürck-Gemassmer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Miro Kaspian Kuru, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: mike, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.