Hieracium aurantiacum |
Hieracium caespitosum |
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devil's paintbrush, fox-and-cubs, grim-the-collier, King-devil, orange flower hawkweed, orange hawkweed, tawny hawkweed, épervière orangée |
field hawkweed, King devil, meadow hawkweed, yellow hawkweed, yellow King-devil |
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Habit | Plants 15–35(–60+) cm. | Plants 20–75 cm. |
Stems | proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–4+ mm), distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4 mm) and stipitate-glandular. |
proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm) and stipitate-glandular, sometimes stellate-pubescent as well, distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4+ mm), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular. |
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 3–8+, cauline 0–2(–5+); blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 35–120(–180+) × 12–20+ mm, lengths 2–6(–10+) times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire or denticulate, apices rounded to acute, faces usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, sometimes glabrate. |
Peduncles | stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular. |
piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2.5 mm), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular. |
Involucres | campanulate, 6–8 mm. |
campanulate, 7.5–9 mm. |
Florets | 25–120+; corollas orange (drying scarlet to purplish), 10–14+ mm. |
25–50+; corollas yellow, 8–12+ mm. |
Phyllaries | 13–30+, apices acuminate, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular. |
12–18+, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2.5+), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular. |
Calyculi | bractlets 5–8+. |
bractlets 5–8+. |
Heads | 3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays. |
5–25+ in ± umbelliform or congested, corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm; pappi of 25–30+, white bristles in 1 series, 3.5–4 mm. |
columnar, 1.5–1.8 mm; pappi of 25–30+, white bristles in 1 series, 4–5(–6) mm. |
Hieracium aurantiacum |
Hieracium caespitosum |
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Phenology | Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Sep). | Flowering May–Jul(–Aug). |
Habitat | Disturbed sites (fields, lawns, roadsides), bogs, clays, sands | Disturbed sites, stream sides |
Elevation | 10–300(–1000+) m (0–1000(–3300+) ft) | 10–300(–1500) m (0–1000(–4900) 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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CT; DC; DE; GA; ID; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MT; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; Europe [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | The type of Hieracium floribundum Wimmer & Grabowski probably resulted from a cross between plants of H. caespitosum and H. lactucella (P. D. Sell and C. West 1976). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 283. | FNA vol. 19, p. 284. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium |
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Synonyms | Pilosella aurantiaca | H. pratense, Pilosella caespitosa |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 801. (1753) | Dumortier: Fl. Belg., 62. (1827) |
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