Hieracium aurantiacum |
Hieracium albiflorum |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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 |
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Synonyms | Pilosella aurantiaca | Chlorocrepis albiflora |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 801. (1753) | Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833) |
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