Rough Hawkbit Seeds leontoden hispidus – grows best within dry grasslands and is well suited to chalk and limestone soils on sites where there is plenty of sunlight. In gardens it can be introduced into patches of dry grass and will attract a variety of insects including bees. Rough Hawkbit is a low growing species similar to the dandelion and has yellow flowers that appear from June to September. It looks best growing with other chalk and limestone plants that flower in early to mid summer such as Oxeye daisies, Greater Knapweed, Kidney Vetch, Hoary Plantain and Small Scabious.