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Leontodon (Asteraceae) 2:386 Leontodon saxatilis (hairy hawkbit; formerly known  as L. leysseri or L. taraxacoides) is an occasional weed in dry and sandy places in Tasmania. It resembles Taraxacum, but the flowers and seeds are not beaked (i.e. they do not have a long narrow section between the body of the ovary and the pappus). It resembles Hypochaeris radicata, except the hairs on the leaves are branched towards the tip creating a minute “T” shape. Also flower stems are nodding in bud, and always support just one flower.

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