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May 16[edit]

Plant identification (2)[edit]

Hi, any ideas about these two? #1, as you can see, is growing from a crack in some concrete; #2 is just in a field out in the countryside. Both are recent photos taken in the south of England. I think I always thought that this plant was ragwort, but looking more closely it doesn't seem to match. Instead, is it some kind of dandelion? The shorter yellow flowers and round seed heads in the background of #2 are "normal" dandelions. The plant to be identified is quite a lot taller, about two feet high. ITookSomePhotos (talk) 18:33, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

~~Hypochaeris radicata~~ Pilosella caespitosa most likely. The unopened flowers don't look right for Hypochaeris radicata. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:36, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@EvergreenFir: Great, thanks. ITookSomePhotos (talk) 08:06, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]