The normal appearance in grassland.
Scorzoneroides autumnalis NT0022 20Aug2017 PW
This clearly shows the leaves which can often be hidden under other vegetation later in the year.
Scorzoneroides autumnalis NS6264 3Aug2017 PW
The leaves can be very deeply cut.
Scorzoneroides autumnalis var. coronopifolia NS 7462 6719 28Aug19 PW
The typical flower.
Scorzoneroides autumnalis NT0022 20Aug2017 PW
The stem widens into the capitulum without a clear ‘shoulder’.
Scorzoneroides autumnalis var. coronopifolia NS 7462 6719 28Aug19 PW
The seed is distinctive as well.
Scorzoneroides autumnalis NS 7722 24Sep17 PW
Scorzoneroides autumnalis - Autumn Hawkbit
Basal rosette of usually deeply pinnatisect, simple-hairy leaves with long thin terminal lobe or can be ±entire to dentate. They tend to less lobed and hairless in wetter habitats
Leafless ±branching stem, widening below the capitulum ±merging into the capitulum ±without a shoulder. Has dark, scale-like bracts on the stem. Outer ligules ±reddish below. Pappus is branched and is usually a dirty brown. The achene looks like it is built up of bricks like a factory chimney (muricate) and is not beaked.
Rosette of deeply pinnatifid, simple-hairy leaves with a point. They tend to less lobed and hairless in wetter habitats
Stace, Collins, Sell & Murrell Nov25