hawkbit
Leontodon latin

Hawkbit was the last to return and as he came up Hazel set off at once.

"More than enough," said Hawkbit, with a kind of foolish importance.

"Why not just go along the bank?" asked Hawkbit.

There was no need to go biting Hawkbit: he couldn't have gone back if he'd tried.

Bigwig and Hawkbit chased each other through the long grass.

Hawkbit was "wrong in the heather and you're wrong now."

"He won't know how to shiver in a week or two," said Hawkbit, with his mouth full.

Although the light was still clear, Hawkbit was not to be seen anywhere on the upland.

Hawkbit winced in an exaggerated manner and backed away.

He was followed first by Hawkbit and then by Fiver.

The spine was so long and thick that Hawkbit, who happened to be close by, woke Speedwell to have a look at it.

"Er - Hazel," said Hawkbit, looking past him into the face of the dreary, black cliff.

He provided the voice for Hawkbit in all 3 television series of Watership Down.

Hawkbit looked sly and shifty.

Bigwig told Hawkbit and Speedwell that he'd scratch them to pieces if they didn't obey him.

And when Hawkbit said he wanted to know who was Chief Rabbit, Bigwig bit him.

He agrees to help them escape, Hawkbit and Dandelion give them lessons on how to live outside in freedom.

Hazel could recall Hawkbit - a rather slow, stupid rabbit, whose company for five snow-bound days underground had been distinctly tedious.

As they approached, they suddenly saw Hawkbit sitting among the thorn trunks, cleaning his face with his paws.

But suddenly the van wonders off and the rabbits find themselves at a market where Dandelion and Hawkbit get separated.

He and Hawkbit serve in Bigwig's Owsla together.

Acorn, Hawkbit and Speedwell, decent enough rank-and-filers as long as they were not pushed beyond their limits.

"Where's Hawkbit?" said Dandelion suddenly.

"Yes, I have," said Hawkbit.

"Go on, Hawkbit," said Speedwell, "or shall I?"

Seeds of Leontodon species are an important food source for certain bird species.

Recent research has shown that the genus Leontodon in the traditional delimitation is polyphyletic.

Therefore, the former Leontodon subgenus Oporinia was raised to generic level.

Species of Leontodon s.str.

The genus Leontodon s.str.

Carl Linnaeus named the species Leontodon Taraxacum in 1753.

The larvae feed on Taraxacum, Leontodon and Hieracium species.

Leontodon hispidus ssp.

The larvae probably develop in roots and stems of Leontodon autumnalis and Crepis species.

Rough hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus)

Autumn Hawkbit (Leontodon autumnalis)

Therefore, the former subgenus Oporinia of the genus Leontodon had to be re-erected as a separate genus.

Leontodon is a genus of dandelion-like plants in the family Asteraceae (Compositae), commonly known as hawkbits.

The additional constants are C. panicea, Lotus corniculatus, Leontodon autumnalis and Euphrasia spp.

Moreover, Leontodon species contain the caffeoyl tartaric acid derivatives caffeoyl tartaric acid and cichoric acid.

In the Latin synonym of the plant name, Leontodon autumnalis, "leontodon" means "lion's tooth", the same as "dandelion".

Phenolics found in Leontodon include luteolin type flavonoids and caffeoyl quinic acid derivatives such as chlorogenic acid and 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid.

A number of authors since 2006, based on molecular evidence, have divided the genus Leontodon into two, with the former subgenus Oporinia split out into the genus Scorzoneroides.

According to the nomenclatural rules the name Scorzoneroides has priority at generic level and therefore, the members of Leontodon subgenus Oporinia were transferred to the re-erected genus Scorzoneroides.

For example the name Taraxacum officinale for a species of dandelion has the same type as Leontodon taraxacum L. The latter is a homotypic synonym of Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg.

Scorzoneroides or hawkbits is a genus of plants of the daisy family, which used to be included in the genus Leontodon s.l. Recent molecular results revealed that Leontodon s.l. is di-phyletic.