Thursday, June 9, 2011

Wildflowers of Ainsworth: Field Hawkweed

FieldHawkweedblossoms
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Found in my own field, but you can find this stuff anywhere. A clump of yellow, dandelion-like flowers sit atop a single stem that is unadorned but for a light coating of hair …

… until you get near the ground: there you find a few plain, hairy basal leaves.

FieldHawkweedleaves

Hairy and proud!

FieldHawkweedpride

No idea what it has to do with hawks.

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