Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Mouse-ear Hawkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pilosella officinarum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium pilosella var. pilosella
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam & Greuter, 2007)
Pilosella officinarum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-001:
Hieracium pilosella
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
COMMON NAME:
Mouse-ear Hawkweed
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Look for it in pastures, along roadsides, in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
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Uncommon (rare in GA)
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & leafy stolons
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Light yellow
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control p238
- New Invaders of the Southeast p091
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p360
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p136
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p359
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p175
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