Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (narrow field). The centre part is now fully open.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (18/09/2021) Footpath alongside stream rear of water treatment works, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Similar to other Hawkbits but see next image for why it is Autumn Hawkbit.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (narrow field). Classic calyx with swollen peduncle beneath with some triangle shaped phyllaries down the stem.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (narrow field).
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (18/09/2021) Footpath alongside stream rear of water treatment works, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. A spindly plant. Like other Hawkbits, it has solitary flowerheads.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (24/09/2021) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. The giss of the plant.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (narrow field). Classic Hawkbit flowers - they have quite wide and rectangular ray florets with some in the the middle surrounding the inner part of the flower.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (narrow field). The long thin double-pronged stigmas. Like all these plants, the anthers are in the tube from which the stigma protrudes.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (narrow field). Other Hawkbits have stems that narrow noticeably beneath the bracts, but Autumn Hawkbit the stem is swollen beneath the bracts, as here.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (narrow field). Makro of the stigmas on their long styles, now covered with pollen.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (18/09/2021) Footpath alongside stream rear of water treatment works, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Autumn Hawkbit has these very narrow leaves - other Hawkbits have broader leaves.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (24/09/2021) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Leaves are often cut almost to mid-rib, but sometimes wavy edged as here.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (24/09/2021) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex.
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (narrow field). They have a strap like leaflet beneath each branch.