Hieracium aurantiacum |
Hieracium scabrum |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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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