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Picris hieracioides

On limestone rockface, Salzburg, Austria. Jun 2013.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

oxtongue

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites

Flower colours

Yellow

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Picris

Family

Asteraceae

Authority

Picris hieracioides L. (1753)

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1897

Origin

Europe. In New Zealand this species was only collected once, within a school ground where it apparently failed to establish further.

Reason for introduction

Probably accidental

Life cycle and dispersal

Perennial. Reprioduces exclusively by seed. Wind dispersed.

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