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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

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

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
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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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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
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. albiflorum, 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. 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 H. argyraeum
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 801. (1753) Nash: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 152. (1895)
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