Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Asteraceae_
Hieracium venosum

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PLANTS National Database: Asteraceae_
Hieracium venosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Asteraceae_
179-10-005
Hieracium venosum

GREATER THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999):
Hieracium venosum +

Common Name:
Rattlesnake Weed, Veiny Hawkweed

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in dry forests, woodland margins, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora



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...Variable ...Dry

Leaves:
Simple
Basal

Flower:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow ... Disc: Absent
Bisexual

Fruit:
Spring/Summer
Black
Nutlet

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p360
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p248
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p176
Wildflowers of Tennessee p309
Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley & the Southern Appalachians p359
Wildflowers of the Eastern US p135




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image of Hieracium venosum, image of Hieracium venosum
JK Marlow      jkm0304f_11


April
Greenville County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

 

image of Hieracium venosum, image of Hieracium venosum
JK Marlow      jkm060429_241


April
Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

 

image of Hieracium venosum, image of Hieracium venosum
JK Marlow      jkm100427_073


April
Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve

 

image of Hieracium venosum, image of Hieracium venosum
JK Marlow      jkm100427_074


April
Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve

 

image of Hieracium venosum, image of Hieracium venosum
JK Marlow      jkm100427_119


April
Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve

 

image of Hieracium venosum, image of Hieracium venosum
JK Marlow      jkm100427_120


April
Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve

 

image of Hieracium venosum, image of Hieracium venosum
JK Marlow      jkm0205a_15


May
Greenville County SC

Basal rosette of leaves with prominent, usually purple, veins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.

 

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JK Marlow      jkm060508_233


May
Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

 

image of Hieracium venosum, image of Hieracium venosum
JK Marlow      jkm060508_310


May
Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

 

"The botanist is required to know methods of precise identification based on minute observation, often requiring the use of a magnifying glass or microscope. But practical identification is based on details clearly seen by the eye." — George W.D. Symonds, The Tree Identification Book