We were shown about five different hawkweeds on this WFS expedition in Teesdale but this one was not sufficiently distinctive at sight to an ordinary botanist to be able to identify it again. This hawkweed belongs to the sect Glandulosa according to Clapham, Tutin & Warburg who describe it as having dark green almost glabrous leaves above and with hairy stems with glandular hairs. It is common on limestone in Northern England but hardly recorded at all on BSBI maps (Why am I not surprised?)
Bowlees quarry 21st June 2005
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