Scientific Name
Pilosella officinarum

Common Name
Mouse-ear hawkweed


Hardiness Zones: 6 to 9


Habit: --
Growth Rate: Slow
Size: 8 to 12 inches
Site Requirements: Sun to partial shade; well-drained to dry soil
Form: Mat
Texture: --
Foliage: Felty silver-grey foliage forms low rosette with leafy stolons
Flower/Fruit: 1 inch yellow flowers on 8 inch stalk in early summer
Comments: Not bothered by heat or humidity; spreads by above-ground stolons
Cultivars: --
 


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