The pink colouring under the flowers is distinctive.
Pilosella officinarum 2Aug2017 NS6265 MP
The flower stems is not branched.
Pilosella officinarum 28May2017 NS8267 PW
The particular shade of lemon yellow is also distinctive.
Pilosella officinarum 28May2017 NS8267 PW
The leaves are soft with long hairs and held flat to the ground.
Pilosella officinarum NS7951 20July2020 PW
Unlike P. officinarum the flower stems are branched.
Pilosella flagellaris ssp flagellaris 14Jun2017 NS6462 MP
Pilosella flagellaris ssp flagellaris NS6662 23Jul2020 PW
The clustered head.
Pilosella caespitosa NS5769 20Aug23 PW
Pilosella caespitosa NS8753 05Aug24 MP
Pilosella aurantiaca 22Jun2017 NS7155 MP
Pilosella aurantiaca NS8549 23June2020 DG
Pilosella aurantiaca ssp carpathicola 1Jul2016 NS8039 MP
Pilosella aurantiaca ssp. aurantiaca NS8049 21Sep2020 MP
Pilosella aurantiaca ssp. aurantiaca NS8049 21Sep2020 MP
Pilosella species - Mouse-ear-hawkweeds
Pilosella officinarum - Mouse-ear-hawkweed Short, lemon-yellow flowered plant found on bare, dry, stony areas in a patch spreading by stolons. Oval leaves are sessile, sparsely hairy on top with long white hairs below. The capitulum is always single on a leafless stem. Phyllaries are hairy with non-glandular and glandular hairs and the outer ligules are red-pink underneath.
Pilosella flagellaris subsp. flagellaris Spreading Mouse-ear-hawkweed This is the same as P. officinarum but has a branched flowering stem with one capitulum on each branch. It is a common garden escape.
Pilosella caespitosa Yellow Fox-and-cubs This is like P. officinarum but each stem has a cluster of several yellow capitulum which are not red pink below the outer ligules.
Pilosella aurantiaca - Fox and Cubs. This has a cluster of bright orange flowers. There are two subspecies:
Subspecies carpathicolahas leaves about the length and width of your middle finger, it spreads by stolons. It is commoner.
Subspecies aurantiaca has leaves about twice the length and width of your middle finger, it spreads by rhizomes.