Sickle-leaved hare's-ear
Perennial of dry limestone grassland and woodland edges with small yellow umbels in late summer; offers modest late-season nectar.
- Nectar
- Medium
- Pollen
- Low
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 0.3-1 m
- Life cycle
- Perennial
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Sickle-leaved hare's-ear is a slender-branched perennial umbellifer of dry, calcareous grassland, scrub and woodland edges from Europe to the Caucasus, northern Anatolia and Siberia. Its leaves have entire margins and are often curved like a sickle, which easily sets it apart from other umbellifers. The exposed nectar in its small yellow umbels is collected by flies, small bees and honey bees; because the flowers are small, the contribution of a single plant is low.
Flowering
It flowers from July to September and so coincides with late summer, when flowers are becoming scarce in the meadows.
Honey and pollen
It has no honey of its own; it is a minor component of late-summer meadow honeys. Its pollen contribution is low.
Note for the beekeeper
In some countries its root is traditionally gathered and the plant is cultivated for this purpose; where it is grown on a field scale it can be a local late-summer source. In natural areas it does not create a significant flow on its own.