Hieracium tavense
Hieracium tavense
- Native to:
- Great Britain
GBIF: Harry Joseph Riddelsdell
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Asteraceae
- Genus:
- Hieracium
- Species:
- Hieracium tavense
Growth Characteristics
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Growth Habit:
- Forb/herb
- Bloom Months:
- jun, jul, aug
- Bloom Colors:
- yellow
Wildlife Benefits
- Bees:
- ★☆☆☆☆ Documented bee visitation (GBIF)
Keystone Species Ranking
- Pollen Specialist Bee Keystone:
- ★☆☆☆☆ Native pollen specialist bee species supported by this genus (NWF)
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Habitat:
- Rocky outcrop, Montane
- Wildlife Value:
- bees
- Ecology:
- Hieracium tavense (Taff hawkweed) is a rare micro-endemic apomictic hawkweed confined to carboniferous limestone cliffs and rocky streamsides in the Brecon Beacons area of South Wales.
Soil Requirements
- Soil:
- rocky
- Drainage:
- well-drained
- Moisture:
- dry to moderate
- Notes:
- Skeletal, rocky soils and crevice substrates derived from Old Red Sandstone and acidic bedrock.