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rough hawkweed

Habit Plants (15–)30–60+ cm.
Stems

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 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 (hairs 0.3–0.6+ mm).

Involucres

campanulate, 7–9 mm.

Florets

(30–)40–60+;

corollas yellow, 9–11 mm.

Phyllaries

13–21+, apices ± acuminate, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular, rarely, if ever, piloso-hirsute.

Calyculi

bractlets 12–15+.

Heads

(5–)10–25(–50+) in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

columnar, 2.5–3 mm;

pappi of 30–40+, stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 6–7 mm.

Hieracium scabrum

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Sandy soils, open, disturbed sites (fields, stream sides), wooded sites
Elevation 10–300+ m (0–1000+ ft)
Distribution
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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. 288.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium
Sibling taxa
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 H. scabrum var. intonsum, H. scabrum var. leucocaule, H. scabrum var. tonsum
Name authority Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 86. (1803)
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