Hieracium aurantiacum |
Hieracium megacephalon |
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devil's paintbrush, fox-and-cubs, grim-the-collier, King-devil, orange flower hawkweed, orange hawkweed, tawny hawkweed, épervière orangée |
coastal plain hawkweed |
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Habit | Plants 15–35(–60+) cm. | Plants ca. 40 cm. |
Stems | proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–4+ mm), distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4 mm) and stipitate-glandular. |
proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, distally piloso-hirsute and/or stellate-pubescent. |
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 4–6, cauline (1–)3–4+; blades elliptic to obovate, 35–80(–120) × 15–30(–40+) mm, lengths 2–4+ times widths, bases cuneate to rounded (sometimes ± clasping), margins entire or denticulate, apices rounded to obtuse, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1.5–4 mm), sometimes stellate-pubescent as well, adaxial piloso-hirsute. |
Peduncles | stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular. |
stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular. |
Involucres | campanulate, 6–8 mm. |
campanulate, 8–11 mm. |
Florets | 25–120+; corollas orange (drying scarlet to purplish), 10–14+ mm. |
20–50+; corollas yellow, 10–12+ mm. |
Phyllaries | 13–30+, apices acuminate, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular. |
9–13+, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular. |
Calyculi | bractlets 5–8+. |
bractlets 5–12+. |
Heads | 3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays. |
(12–)20–50+ in open, corymbiform arrays (lengths of arrays ± 2 times diams.). |
Cypselae | columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm; pappi of 25–30+, white bristles in 1 series, 3.5–4 mm. |
urceolate, 3.5–4+ mm; pappi of 32–40+, white to stramineous bristles in 1–2+ series, 5–6.5 mm. |
Hieracium aurantiacum |
Hieracium megacephalon |
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Phenology | Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Sep). | Flowering (Jan–)Apr–May(–Oct). |
Habitat | Disturbed sites (fields, lawns, roadsides), bogs, clays, sands | Limestone hammocks, pine woods, sands |
Elevation | 10–300(–1000+) m (0–1000(–3300+) ft) | 0–10+ m (0–0+ 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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FL; GA; SC
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Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 283. | FNA vol. 19, p. 286. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium |
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Synonyms | Pilosella aurantiaca | H. argyraeum |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 801. (1753) | Nash: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 152. (1895) |
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