Hieracium scabrum |
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rough hawkweed |
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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 |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. |
Habitat | Sandy soils, open, disturbed sites (fields, stream sides), wooded sites |
Elevation | 10–300+ m (0–1000+ ft) |
Distribution |
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 |
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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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