Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Field 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 caespitosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium caespitosum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam & Greuter, 2007)
Pilosella caespitosa
(?)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-003:
Hieracium pratense
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
COMMON NAME:
Field Hawkweed, Yellow King-devil, Meadow Hawkweed
To see a detailed map, click here
Look for it in pastures, fields, roadsides, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Golden-yellow
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Pilosella caespitosa FAMILY Asteraceae_
Field Hawkweed, Yellow King-devil, Meadow Hawkweed
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Click the thumbnails to see larger pictures.
JK Marlow jkm140519_863b
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
There are several heads in a compact inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow s090607_02
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves densely & softly hairy on both sides, oblanceolate to elliptic, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm090707_002
July Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Stem & involucres have conspicuous black-tipped glandular hairs, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray flowers only (no disc)