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

rough hawkweed

Habit Plants 15–35(–60+) cm. Plants (15–)30–60+ cm.
Stems

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

proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1.5–5+ mm), sometimes stellate-pubescent as well, distally stellate-pubescent, sometimes stipitate-glandular, rarely piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2+ mm).

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), cauline 6–24+;

blades elliptic or oblanceolate to spatulate or lanceolate, (20–)35–80(–120+) × (10–)20–35(–50+) mm, lengths 2–6+ times widths, bases cuneate to rounded-truncate, margins usually entire, sometimes denticulate, apices rounded to obtuse, faces hirtellous to piloso-hirsute (hairs 0.5–1+ mm).

Peduncles

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular (hairs 0.3–0.6+ mm).

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

campanulate, 7–9 mm.

Florets

25–120+;

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

(30–)40–60+;

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 stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular, rarely, if ever, piloso-hirsute.

Calyculi

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 12–15+.

Heads

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

(5–)10–25(–50+) in corymbiform to paniculiform 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 30–40+, stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 6–7 mm.

Hieracium aurantiacum

Hieracium scabrum

Phenology Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Sep). Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Disturbed sites (fields, lawns, roadsides), bogs, clays, sands Sandy soils, open, disturbed sites (fields, stream sides), wooded sites
Elevation 10–300(–1000+) m (0–1000(–3300+) ft) 10–300+ m (0–1000+ 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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AR; CT; DC; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NS; ON; PE; QC
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Source FNA vol. 19, p. 283. FNA vol. 19, p. 288.
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. piloselloides, H. pringlei, H. robinsonii, H. sabaudum, H. schultzii, H. scouleri, H. traillii, H. triste, H. umbellatum, H. venosum, H. vulgatum
Synonyms Pilosella aurantiaca H. scabrum var. intonsum, H. scabrum var. leucocaule, H. scabrum var. tonsum
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 801. (1753) Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 86. (1803)
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