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

Parry's hawkweed, Scouler's woollyweed

Habit Plants 15–35(–60+) cm. Plants 15–45+ 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, distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2+ mm) 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 (0–)3–5, cauline 2–3(–8);

blades lance-elliptic to lanceolate, 30–80(–100) × (3–)10–20(–30+) mm, lengths 3–8(–10+) times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, sometimes denticulate, apices obtuse to acute, faces usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm), sometimes glabrate.

Peduncles

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

densely stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

campanulate, 10–12 mm.

Florets

25–120+;

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

30–60+;

corollas yellow, 9–11 mm.

Phyllaries

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

13–21+, apices ± acuminate, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 7–9+.

Heads

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

(1–)3–12+ in corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm;

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

columnar, 2.5–3 mm;

pappi of 50–60+, white bristles in ± 2 series, ca. 5 mm.

Hieracium aurantiacum

Hieracium parryi

Phenology Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Sep). Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Disturbed sites (fields, lawns, roadsides), bogs, clays, sands Openings in brush, grassy slopes, serpentines
Elevation 10–300(–1000+) m (0–1000(–3300+) ft) 10–2000 m (0–6600 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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CA; OR
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Source FNA vol. 19, p. 283. FNA vol. 19, p. 290.
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. megacephalon, H. murorum, H. nudicaule, H. paniculatum, 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
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 801. (1753) Zahn: in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. 79[IV,280]: 1128. (1922)
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