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Fall Dandelion

Leontodon autumnalis. Composite Family.

Scape.--Five to fifteen inches high; branching. Leaves.--From the root; toothed or deeply incised. Flower-heads.--Yellow; composed entirely of strap-shaped flowers; smaller than those of the common dandelion. From June till November we find the fall dandelion along the New England roadsides, as well as farther south. While the yellow flower-heads somewhat suggest small dandelions the general habit of the plant recalls some of the hawkweeds.