Pilosella officinarum subsp. officinarum

Perennial, rhizomatous or stoloniferous herb to 40 cm high; flowering stem hirsute, stellate-pubescent, with glandular hairs. Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, hirsute, stellate-pubescent; margins entire; apex acute; base cuneate; basal leaves 1–12 cm long, 5–20 mm wide. Capitula solitary, rarely 2 or 3, 1.5–3 cm diam.; involucre hemispherical to obconical, 7.5–15 mm long; bracts linear-lanceolate, yellow-green, with stellate, glandular and occasionally eglandular hairs. Florets 60–130, pale lemon-yellow, often with abaxial red stripe; ligules 8–15 mm long. Cypselas cylindric, 1.5–2 mm long, black; pappus 4–5 mm long. Flowers summer.