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

roughstem hawkweed

Habit Plants 15–35(–60+) cm. Plants 12–70+ cm.
Stems

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

proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 4–6+ mm), distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 4–6+ 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 1–4, cauline 6–9;

blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 25–150 × 10–35+ mm, lengths 2.5–5+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, apices ± acute, faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 3–5+ mm).

Peduncles

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8 mm.

campanulate, 8–9(–12) mm.

Florets

25–120+;

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

25–40+;

corollas yellow, 5–8 mm.

Phyllaries

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

16–21+, apices acute, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 5–8+.

bractlets 10–15+.

Heads

3–7(–12+) in ± umbelliform arrays.

3–25+ 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, 2.5–4 mm;

pappi of 50–60+, white or stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 5–6 mm.

Hieracium aurantiacum

Hieracium schultzii

Phenology Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Sep). Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Disturbed sites (fields, lawns, roadsides), bogs, clays, sands Grasslands, pine forests
Elevation 10–300(–1000+) m (0–1000(–3300+) ft) 2000–2700 m (6600–8900 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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TX; Mexico; Central America (Guatemala)
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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. scabrum, H. scouleri, H. traillii, H. triste, H. umbellatum, H. venosum, H. vulgatum
Synonyms Pilosella aurantiaca H. friesii, H. rusbyi var. wrightii, H. wrightii
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 801. (1753) Fries: Uppsala Univ. Årsskr. 1862: 150. (1862)
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