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

4-8-2024

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

14-8-2024

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

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

30-9-2024

centre

12-10-2024

centre close-up, hairy

12-11-2024

3.  dandelion  23-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024 dandelion

12-10-2024 month later, enormous

12-11-2024

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

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

28-8-2024

2-9-2024

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

closer view of the centre

21-9-2024

24-9-2024

30-9-2024

centre

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

centre close-up

12-11-2024

centre close-up

5.  14-8-2024

8-9-2024  dandelion

12-10-2024 dandelion below another plant above

12-11-2024

6.  14-8-2024

21-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria?

7-10-2024

12-10-2024

12-11-2024

7.  14-8-2024

18-8-2024

21-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024  60 cm across

5-10-2024

7-10-2024

centre closer view 5-10-2024

12-10-2024

centre close-up

12-11-2024

8.  1-8-2024

19-8-2024

8-9-2024  dandelion

12-10-2024

12-11-2024

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

25-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024 just over 50 cm across

21-9-2024

24-9-2024

12-10-2024

12-11-2024

10.  23-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024  dandelion 60 cm across

12-10-2024

12-11-2024

11. and 13.  12-10-2024

12-11-2024

11.

12.  dandelion 23-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024

9-10-2024

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

12-11-2024

13.  23-8-2023 dandelion

12-11-2024

14.  2-9-2024

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria

24-9-2024

12-10-2024

12-11-2024

15.   6-8-2024

23-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria

30-9-2024

centre

12-10-2024

centre closer view

12-11-2024

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

2-8-2024

23-8-2024

23-8-2024

23-8-2024

23-8-2024

3-9-2024

24-9-2024

16.   2-9-2024

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria ?

12-10-2024

I have this marked 16 or 19

17. Crepis vesicaria  17-8-2024

closer view of the centre

2-9-2024

12-10-2024

18.  2-9-2024

18-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria

12-10-2024

centre closer view

12-11-2024

 

19.  2-9-2024

18-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria

12-10-2024

 

20.   dandelion  25-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024  

12-10-2024

12-11-2024

21.   25-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024

5-10-2024

centre closer view

9-10-2024

12-10-2024

centre closer view

12-11-2024

22.   28-8-2024

2-9-2024

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria ?

5-10-2024

centre closer view

9-10-2024

12-10-2024

12-11-2024

23.  8-9-2024

dandelion? very hairy  7-10-2024

12-10-2024

centre view very hairy

12-11-2024

24.  dandelion  8-9-2024

12-10-2024

12-11-2024

 

25.   7-8-2024

8-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria ?

21-9-2024

5-10-2024

12-10-2024

centre closer view

12-11-2024

26.  8-9-2024  dandelion

12-10-2024

12-11-2024

27.  dandelion  8-9-2024

12-10-2024

28.  10-9-2024  Crepis vesicaria ?

closer view of the centre

21-9-2024

5-10-2024

centre closer view

7-10-2024

12-10-2024

centre closer view

12-11-2024

29. Prickly Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)

12-11-2024

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

31.  12-11-2024