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hound-tongue hawkweed, Scouler's hawkweed

wall hawkweed

Habit Perennial herbs with milky juice from a short rhizome with fibrous roots; stems 3-10 dm. tall; herbage bristly below and often glaucous above.
Leaves

Basal and lower cauline leaves 5-20 cm. long and 1-3.5 cm. wide, entire, the short petiole winged;

leaves reduced and becoming sessile upward.

Flowers

Achene terete, narrowed toward the base, ribbed.

Hieracium scouleri

Hieracium murorum

Flowering time June-August April-June
Habitat Mostly dry places in open woods, from foothills to middle elevations in the mountains. Roadsides, open forest, railroads, and other disturbed areas.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
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Occurring in scattered locations west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to northern Oregon.
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Origin Native Introduced from Europe
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
H. albiflorum, H. aurantiacum, H. caespitosum, H. flagellare, H. ×floribundum, H. glomeratum, H. lachenalii, H. longiberbe, H. maculatum, H. murorum, H. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. sabaudum, H. ×stoloniflorum, H. triste, H. umbellatum
H. albiflorum, H. aurantiacum, H. caespitosum, H. flagellare, H. ×floribundum, H. glomeratum, H. lachenalii, H. longiberbe, H. maculatum, H. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. sabaudum, H. scouleri, H. ×stoloniflorum, H. triste, H. umbellatum
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