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Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicola (Nägeli & Peter) Soják

common fox-and-cubs (Asteraceae / Compositae)

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Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicola is the more widespread subspecies; it has smaller phyllaries and leaves than P. aurantiaca subsp. aurantiaca, and spreads by rhizomes rather than stolons.

Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2013-10-22

 common fox-and-cubs / Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicola: _Pilosella aurantiaca_ subsp. _carpathicola_ is the more widespread subspecies; it has smaller phyllaries and leaves than _P. aurantiaca_ subsp. _aurantiaca_, and spreads by rhizomes rather than stolons.

Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicola has attractive orange–red flower-heads.

Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2013-10-22

 common fox-and-cubs / Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicola: _Pilosella aurantiaca_ subsp. _carpathicola_ has attractive orange–red flower-heads.

Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicola spreads readily through its copious seed production.

Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2014-07-28

 common fox-and-cubs / Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicola: _Pilosella aurantiaca_ subsp. _carpathicola_ spreads readily through its copious seed production.

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