Leontodon hispidus

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Leontodon_hispidus_hyoseroides.jpg

|genus = Leontodon

|species = hispidus

|authority = L., 1753

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Leontodon hispidus is a species of hawkbit known by the common names bristly hawkbit{{PLANTS|id=LEHI|taxon=Leontodon hispidus|accessdate=19 December 2016}} and rough hawkbit.{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=17 October 2014}} It is native to Europe but can be found throughout North America as an introduced species.

It ranked first place among the "non-weed" perennials examined in a recent British study for meadow flora nectar productivity. Its production was almost twice as high as the best-ranking annual that was not considered a weed. Certain plants classed as weeds (including ragwort, bull thistle, and creeping thistle) produced the most nectar of all.{{cite journal|last1=Hicks|first1=DM|last2=Ouvrard|first2=P|last3=Baldock|first3=KCR|title=Food for Pollinators: Quantifying the Nectar and Pollen Resources of Urban Flower Meadows|journal=PLOS ONE |volume=11|issue=6|pages=e0158117|date=2016|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0158117|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1158117H|pmc=4920406|pmid=27341588|doi-access=free}}