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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hieracium marianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Maryland Hawkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium marianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-007:
Hieracium ×marianum FAMILY Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hieracium marianum
COMMON NAME:
Maryland Hawkweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hima_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm250424_2757
April Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Blooms in late spring-summer; except for H. venosum, our other Hieraciums don't begin till July, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm250424_2758
April Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Lower stem strongly pilose; leaves weakly purple-veined, primarily basal, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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JK Marlow jkm250424_2759
April Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250424_2761
April Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250424_2763
April Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Involucre glabrous or w short stipitate glands, but lacking long setae [bristles], per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_hieracium_marianum
May Catawba County NC
Considered to derive from hybridization between H. gronovii and H. venosum, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hieracium marianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium marianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-007:
Hieracium ×marianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hieracium marianum
3535
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry forests, woodland margins, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal or low alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p281
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p060
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