This section is from the book "British Wild Flowers In The Four Seasons", by Thomas Moore. Also available from Amazon: British Wild Flowers.
P. hieracioides: biennial; stem 1-3 feet high, covered with short, rough, minutely-hooked hairs; leaves lanceolate, the lower tapering into a stalk, the upper stem-clasping; peduncles rather long and stiff; pappus dirty white, the hairs usually very feathery, except a few of the outer ones of each achene. - Roadsides, borders of fields, and waste places. Fl. July to September.
 
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