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

glaucous hawkweed, glaucous King-devil, King devil, tall hawkweed, épervière des florentins

Habit Plants 15–35(–60+) cm. Plants 15–40(–70+) cm.
Stems

proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–4+ mm), distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4 mm) and stipitate-glandular.

proximally usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–4+ mm), rarely glabrous, distally usually glabrous, sometimes piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm), stellate-pubescent, and/or 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(–20+), cauline 0–2(–4+);

blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 30–100(–150+) × 8–20+ mm, lengths 2.5–8+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire or denticulate, apices rounded to acute, faces glabrous or piloso-hirsute (on midribs and at margins, hairs 1–4+ mm).

Peduncles

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2+ mm), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

campanulate, 5–7 mm.

Florets

25–120+;

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

(40–)60–80+;

corollas yellow, 6–9 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 0.5–1.5+), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 3–12+.

Heads

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

(3–)10–30+ in subumbelliform or corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

columnar, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm;

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

columnar, 1.5–2 mm;

pappi of 25–40+,white bristles in 1 series, 3–4 mm.

Hieracium aurantiacum

Hieracium piloselloides

Phenology Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Sep). Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat Disturbed sites (fields, lawns, roadsides), bogs, clays, sands Disturbed sites
Elevation 10–300(–1000+) m (0–1000(–3300+) ft) 10–300(–1500) m (0–1000(–4900) ft)
Distribution
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Discussion

Plants called Hieracium praealtum Villars ex Gochnat (at least those called H. praealtum var. decipiens W. D. J. Koch) reputedly differ from members of H. piloselloides in having blades of their proximal leaves stellate-pubescent abaxially (M. L. Fernald 1950); such plants may be found in the flora and may merit taxonomic recognition.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 19, p. 283. FNA vol. 19, p. 285.
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. parryi, H. pilosella, 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. florentinum, Pilosella piloselloides
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 801. (1753) Villars: Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné, 34. (1779)
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