Llanfairfechan Hawkweed

Hieracium cambricogothicum

Hieracium cambricogothicum, the Llanfairfechan hawkweed, is an endemic British plant species within the family Asteraceae. It was first described by Herbert William Pugsley in 1948, who had found the species growing in walls in Llanfairfechan, Caernarfonshire, Wales. The species was subsequently also identified in Moray and Kent, although doubt exists around the identification of these occurrences.

Scientific name

Hieracium cambricogothicum

Family

Asteraceae