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Hieracium aurantiacum

orange hawkweed
Habit Perennial from fibrous roots and long rhizomes, the bristly stems 2-9 dm. tall, with milky juice.
Leaves

Leaves all basal except for 1 or 2 very small cauline leaves, with long bristles on both sides, oblanceolate-linear, up to 1 dm. long.
Flowers

Heads several in a compact terminal cluster, the corollas all ligulate and bright red-orange.

Hieracium aurantiacum
Flowering time June-August
Habitat Roadsides, fields, meadows, pastures, forest edge, wastelots, and other disturbed areas at low to middle elevations.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across southern Canada and northern U.S; widely distributed throughout eastern U.S.
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Origin Introduced from Europe
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
H. albiflorum, H. caespitosum, H. flagellare, H. ×floribundum, H. glomeratum, H. lachenalii, H. longiberbe, H. maculatum, H. murorum, H. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. sabaudum, H. scouleri, H. ×stoloniflorum, H. triste, H. umbellatum
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