Beaked hawksbeard

Medium to tall hairy plant, stems branched, leaves dandelion-like, the lowermost stalked, the middle ones clasping the stems with pointed lobes and the uppermost leaves linear and bract like. Flowerheads yellow, the outer florets striped red/brown beneath 15 to 25 mm borne in lax-branched flat topped clusters that are erect in bud. Pappus soft and white.