Geflecktes Ferkelkraut - Gevlekt biggenkruid

Hypochoeris maculata, Hypochaeris maculata, SE: Slåtterfibbla,
DE: Geflecktes Ferkelkraut, NL: Gevlekt biggenkruid, UK: Spotted Cat's-ear


Scientific name:		Hypochoeris maculata L.
Synonym name:		Hypochaeris maculata L.
Swedish name:		Slåtterfibbla
German name:		Geflecktes Ferkelkraut
Nederlandse naam:		Gevlekt biggenkruid
English name:		Spotted Cat's-ear, Spotted hawkweed
Family:		Compositae / Asteraceae, Korgblommiga växter, Sunflower family

send flowers, Sweden, Flora, Vilda blommor i Sverige

_{Location: Hammarstrand; Date Picture Taken: July 13, 2009}


Life form:		Perennial
Stems:		yellowish-green, erect, striate, with pale, stiff, few to numerous, short to medium simple eglandular hairs
Leaves:		Rosette, whole, usually hairy and spotted leaves
Flowers:		Yellow, 4-5 cm diameter
Flowering Period:		June-July
Fruits:		Achene, brown, lanceolate, transversely ridged, slightly muricate, all with a rather long beak; pappus
Habitat:		Woods, thicket, heath, coast, pastureland and meadows

Fältflora, Hypochoeris maculata, Slåtterfibbla, Geflecktes Ferkelkraut, Gevlekt biggenkruid, Spotted Cat's-ear

_{Location: Hammarstrand; Date Picture Taken: July 13, 2009}

Derivation of the botanical name:
Hypochoeris, Cat's-Ear, hypo-, hyp- (Greek) ὑπό- Under, beneath.
maculata, maculat, "to spot, stain, pollute, defile", refers to the mostly mottled leaves.

It cannot grow in the shade.

The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.

_{Location: Hammarstrand; Date Picture Taken: July 13, 2009}