Taraxacum vs Crepis Sept 2024

There was a lawn when I moved here last Dec 2023. I hadn't had a lawn for 30 years and wasn't about to again so started planting into it and letting it grow. Amongst the grass were lots of self-seeders even though it appeared to be quite a manicured lawn. I got bristly oxtongue, hawkweed oxtongue, ragwort, selfheal, speedwell, prickly sow thistle, willowherbs, smooth hawk's-beard, dandelions (Taraxacum) and what appeared to be beaked hawk's-beard (Crepis vesicaria) although it did not bloom this spring / summer. The beaked hawk's-beard I have seen are annuals (I think) so that confused me. When I am confused I observe, organise, document and photograph (and blog). I numbered each Taraxacum vs Cepis plant I have in my garden and photographed them. I had a stab at identifying them but I don't think some of my IDs were correct - I thought dandelions were hairless and Crepis hairy but I don't think that is correct. Will try to take photos of them monthly to see how the're changing. I am going to try to be patient and await developments and flowers in the spring.

1.   1-8-2024

closer view of the centre

crepis vesicaria possibly

4-8-2024

1 is on the right, 6-8-2024 (2 is on the left)

dandelion or crepis

14-8-2024

dandelion or crepis

18-8-2024

8-9-2024 this has changed a lot over the past month or so, looks quite tatty, from being walked on? I think this is a dandelion

10-9-2024 left to right, 2, 1, 23

crepis vesicaria possibly

12-10-2024 this went from being a magnificent rosette to pretty much destroyed, not sure why

2.   3-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024 50 cm across, doing well, unlike the one above next to it

closer views showing the hairs

14-8-2024

dandelion or crepis

30-9-2024

crepis vesicarai

centre

crepis vesicaria

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis

centre close-up, hairy

dandelion or crepis centre detail

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

3.  dandelion  23-8-2024

dandelion

2-9-2024

dandelion

8-9-2024 dandelion

dandelion

12-10-2024 month later, enormous

dandelion

12-11-2024

dandelion

I was surprised to see a bud when I examined the centre, this is the first bud on the rosettes on this page

dandelion bud

4.  19-8-2024 looking Crepis-like at this point

 crepis vesicaria

28-8-2024

crepis vesicaria

2-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria ?, 60 cm across

closer view of the centre

21-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

24-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

30-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

centre

crepis vesicaria centre

12-10-2024 this is enormous, centre leaves looking crepis?

crepis vesicaria

centre close-up

crepis vesicaria centre

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

centre close-up

dandelion or crepis

5.  14-8-2024

dandelion

8-9-2024  dandelion

12-10-2024 dandelion below another plant above

dandelion

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

6.  14-8-2024

dandelion or crepis

21-8-2024

dandelion or crepis

2-9-2024

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria?

7-10-2024

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

7.  14-8-2024

dandelion or crepis

18-8-2024

crepis or dandelion

21-8-2024

dandelion or crepis

2-9-2024

8-9-2024  60 cm across

5-10-2024

7-10-2024

dandelion or crepis vesicaria

centre closer view 5-10-2024

dandelion

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis

centre close-up

dandelion or crepis

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

8.  1-8-2024

dandelion

19-8-2024

dandelion

8-9-2024  dandelion

12-10-2024

dandelion

12-11-2024

dandelion

9.  21-8-2024 at this point looking Crepis vesicaria-like

dandelion or crepis

25-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024 just over 50 cm across

21-9-2024

crepis or dandelion

24-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

10.  23-8-2024

dandelion

2-9-2024

dandelion

8-9-2024  dandelion 60 cm across

dandelion

12-10-2024

dandelion

12-11-2024

dandelion

11. and 13.  12-10-2024

dandelion

12-11-2024

11.

dandelion

12.  dandelion 23-8-2024

dandelion

2-9-2024

dandelion

8-9-2024

9-10-2024

dandelion

12-10-2024 there are now a few dandelions there

dandelions

12-11-2024

dandelion

13.  23-8-2023 dandelion

dandelion

12-11-2024

dandelion

14.  2-9-2024

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria

24-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

12-10-2024

crepis vesicaria

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

15.   6-8-2024

crepis vesicaria

23-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria

30-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

centre

crepis vesicaria centre

12-10-2024

crepis vesicaria

centre closer view

crepis vesicaria centre close-up

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

16 to 19 lots of plants close together, they didn't start out that way but as they grew got rather confused, these were two of them from the beginning of August

2-8-2024

crepis vesicaria

2-8-2024

crepis vesicaria

23-8-2024

23-8-2024

23-8-2024

23-8-2024

3-9-2024

crepis_vesicaria

24-9-2024

dandelion crepis vesicaria

16.   2-9-2024

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria ?

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis

I have this marked 16 or 19

dandelion or crepis

17. Crepis vesicaria  17-8-2024

closer view of the centre

2-9-2024

12-10-2024

crepis vesicaria

18.  2-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

18-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis

centre closer view

dandelion or crepis

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

 

19.  2-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

18-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria

12-10-2024

 

20.   dandelion  25-8-2024

dandelion

2-9-2024

dandelion

8-9-2024  

dandelion

12-10-2024

12-11-2024

21.   25-8-2024

2-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

8-9-2024

5-10-2024

centre closer view

9-10-2024

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis

centre closer view

dandelion or crepis

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

22.   28-8-2024

dandelion or crepis

2-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria ?

5-10-2024

dandelion or crepis vesicaria

centre closer view

dandelion or crepis

9-10-2024

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis vesicaria

12-11-2024

dandelion

23.  8-9-2024

dandelion? very hairy  7-10-2024

dandelion

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis vesicaria

centre view very hairy

crepis vesicaria

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

24.  dandelion  8-9-2024

dandelion

12-10-2024

dandelion

12-11-2024

 

25.   7-8-2024

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria ?

21-9-2024

crepis or dandelion

5-10-2024

dandelion

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis

centre closer view

dandelion or crepis

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

26.  8-9-2024  dandelion

dandelion

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis

12-11-2024

dandelion

27.  dandelion  8-9-2024

12-10-2024

dandelion

28.  10-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria ?

crepis vesicaria

closer view of the centre

crepis vesicaria

21-9-2024

crepis vesicaria

5-10-2024

dandelion

centre closer view

dandelion

7-10-2024

dandelion or crepis vesicaria

12-10-2024

dandelion or crepis

centre closer view

dandelion or crepis centre

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

29. Prickly Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)

prickly sow thistle Sonchus asper

12-11-2024

prickly sowthistle

30. a late addition, just noticed it this week (first week in November), it sprang up and grew pretty quickly - after it started getting cold so I wasn't outside in the garden observing so much

closer view of the centre

12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis

31.  12-11-2024

dandelion or crepis