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Leontodon

a genus of perennial and annual herbaceous plants of the family Compositae. The leaves form a rosette and may be entire or pinnatifid. The heads have yellow or orange ligulate flowers. The involucres of the heads are imbricate, with one to three series of bracts. The achenes have pappas of plumose bristles. There are more than 50 species in the northern hemisphere, primarily in temperate regions. Fourteen species are found in the USSR. Rough hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus ) grows on slopes, in thickets; and in meadows. Fall dandelion, or autumnal hawkbit (L. autumnalis), is found in meadows and fields and on fallow land. Plants of this genus are nectar-bearing.

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At Gwaenothle Farm on the Dolaucothi Estate a series of meadows support a rich mix of grasses with hay rattle and bird's- foot trefoil, ox-eye daisy and rough hawkbit. These are being managed as part of the organic farm with a mix of cattle and sheep.

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Atlantic Way Consulting Limited, Ancientdom Limited, Ceira Consulting Limited, Hawkbit Consulting Limited, Redseal Consulting Limited and Sandhill Consulting Limited, having ceased to trade and having its registered office at Unit 26 J,Building 6500,Cork Airport Business Park, Cork and having its principal place of business at Unit 26 J, Building 6500, Cork Airport Business Park, Cork, and has no assets exceeding [euro]150 and having no liabilities exceeding [euro]150, has resolved to notify the Registrar of Companies that the company is not carrying on business and to request the Registrar on that basis to exercise his/her powers pursuant to section 733 of the Companies Act 2014 to strike the name of the company off the register.

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Some plants waiting to be freed by resting the mower will be hawkbits, plantains, buttercups and self-heal.

Traditional hay meadows are etched in the minds of so many

I now have a lovely natural, self sown mix of pale blue speedwell, various hawkbits, a sprinkling of bronzy-orange flowered Pilosella aurantiaca (commonly known as fox and cubs) and buttercups in the "surrendered" part of my lawn.

GREEN SCENE