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devil's paintbrush, fox-and-cubs, grim-the-collier, King-devil, orange flower hawkweed, orange hawkweed, tawny hawkweed, épervière orangée

white hawkweed, white-flower hawkweed

Habit Plants 15–35(–60+) cm. Plants 15–40(–90) cm.
Stems

proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–4+ mm), distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4 mm) and stipitate-glandular.

proximally usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–6+ mm), rarely glabrous, distally glabrous.

Leaves

basal 3–8+, cauline 0(–1+);

blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 45–70(–160+) × 10–35 mm, lengths 3–5+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire, apices acute, faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2+ mm) and stellate-pubescent.

basal (0–)3–8+, cauline 1–5(–12+);

blades oblanceolate, 40–100(–300) × 12–30(–60+) mm, lengths 3–5+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, sometimes sinuately toothed, apices obtuse to acute, faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–6 mm), rarely glabrous.

Peduncles

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

usually glabrous, sometimes stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

± campanulate, (7–)8–10(–11) mm.

Florets

25–120+;

corollas orange (drying scarlet to purplish), 10–14+ mm.

(6–)12–25+;

corollas yellow, 9–10 mm.

Phyllaries

13–30+, apices acuminate, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

8–13+, apices acuminate, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2+ mm), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 5–12+.

Heads

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

(3–)12–50+ in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm;

pappi of 25–30+, white bristles in 1 series, 3.5–4 mm.

columnar, 2.5–4 mm;

pappi of 30–40+, stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, (4–)5–7 mm.

Hieracium aurantiacum

Hieracium albiflorum

Phenology Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Sep). Flowering (May–)Jun–Sep.
Habitat Disturbed sites (fields, lawns, roadsides), bogs, clays, sands Chaparral, conifer forests, meadows, stream beds, serpentines, volcanics, around mineral springs
Elevation 10–300(–1000+) m (0–1000(–3300+) ft) 10–2900 m (0–9500 ft)
Distribution
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AK; AR; CA; CO; CT; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MT; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; SD; TN; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK; SPM; Europe [Introduced in North America]
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from FNA
AK; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; SD; UT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; NT; QC; SK; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
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Source FNA vol. 19, p. 283. FNA vol. 19, p. 292.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium
Sibling taxa
H. abscissum, H. albiflorum, H. alpinum, H. argutum, H. bolanderi, H. brevipilum, H. caespitosum, H. carneum, H. crepidispermum, H. fendleri, H. flagellare, H. greenei, H. gronovii, H. horridum, H. lactucella, H. longiberbe, H. longipilum, H. megacephalon, H. murorum, H. nudicaule, H. paniculatum, H. parryi, H. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. pringlei, H. robinsonii, H. sabaudum, H. scabrum, H. schultzii, H. scouleri, H. traillii, H. triste, H. umbellatum, H. venosum, H. vulgatum
H. abscissum, H. alpinum, H. argutum, H. aurantiacum, H. bolanderi, H. brevipilum, H. caespitosum, H. carneum, H. crepidispermum, H. fendleri, H. flagellare, H. greenei, H. gronovii, H. horridum, H. lactucella, H. longiberbe, H. longipilum, H. megacephalon, H. murorum, H. nudicaule, H. paniculatum, H. parryi, H. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. pringlei, H. robinsonii, H. sabaudum, H. scabrum, H. schultzii, H. scouleri, H. traillii, H. triste, H. umbellatum, H. venosum, H. vulgatum
Synonyms Pilosella aurantiaca Chlorocrepis albiflora
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 801. (1753) Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833)
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