Fox and Cubs

Pilosella aurantiaca

Plant Data

Order:

Asterales

Family:

Asteraceae (Daisy)

Type:

Flower

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Flower:

Orange, many petals

One of very few orange flowers in our countryside. Flowers are borne in clusters, paler in their centres. Attracts many insects, such as hoverflies.

Fruit:

An achene, 3mm long and 1mm wide.

Leaves:

Bluish-green lanceolate basal leaves. Just a few leaves exist along the stems. The leaves are covered in short, dark, bristly hairs. In fact the entire plant is covered in these hairs.

Maximum Size:

40 centimetres tall

Other Names:

Devil's Paintbrush, Flora's Paintbrush, Golden Mouse-ear, Grim-the-collier, Grimy Coalminer, King-devil, Missionary Weed, Orange Hawkweed, Orange-flowered Hawkweed, Red Daisy, Tawny Hawkweed.

Frequency (UK):

Common

Habitats:

Bogs, farmland, gardens, grassland, roadsides, saltmarshes, sand dunes, sea cliffs, wasteland, woodland.