Meadow Hawkweed

Growth Habit: Herbaceous perennial, erect to 12 inches tall. Leaves: Lance-shaped, hairy, leaves are basal, occasionally. 1 to 2 small leaves on stem, covered in a whitish or bluish waxy coating, leaf tops are smooth and underside has sparse bristly hairs. Stems: Erect, bristly, terminate in an umbel of flowers

Flowers: 5 to 30 per plant in umbles, yellow petals, compound. Roots: Fibrous. Reproduction: seeds: each flower can produce 12 to 50 tiny black seeds, dispersed by wind; vegetative: shoots emerge from lateral stems and roots

Native to Eurasia