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Asteraceae
Hieracium

not marked as a favorite taxon Hieracium venosum Linnaeus. Common name: Veiny Hawkweed, Rattlesnake Weed. Phenology: Apr-Sep. Habitat: Dry forests, woodland margins, roadsides. Distribution: NY west to MI, south to GA, AL, and MS.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA19, G, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Oh3, Pa, RAB, S, SE1, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV; > Hieracium venosum L. var. nudicaule (Michx.) Farw. — F; > Hieracium venosum L. var. venosum — F. Basionym: Hieracium venosum L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Hieracium venosum - FNA19

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Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image #1 of Hieracium venosum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Hieracium venosum© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Hieracium venosum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Hieracium venosum© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Hieracium venosum© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Hieracium venosum© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷

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NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, acaulescent, rhizomatous perennial of dry forests, woodland margins and roadsides.

Stems: Stems slender, arising from center of basal rosette, green or purple, mostly leafless, hairy at base.

Leaves: Leaves basal, elliptic-oblong with broadly rounded tips, 1 1/2-6 in. long, green with reddish-purple vein, with (often) black dots above and reddish-purple beneath, hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in wide-branching terminal cluster; heads 1/2-3/4 in. wide, consisting of many yellow ray florets with squared-off, toothed tips. Many green, glandular-hairy bracts surround the cylindrical base of each head.

Fruits: Fruit a fluffy cluster of achenes with pale yellow tufts of hair.

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Height: 10-32 in.

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description: Erect, acaulescent, rhizomatous perennial of dry forests, woodland margins and roadsides.

stems: Stems slender, arising from center of basal rosette, green or purple, mostly leafless, hairy at base.

leaves: Leaves basal, elliptic-oblong with broadly rounded tips, 1 1/2-6 in. long, green with reddish-purple vein, with (often) black dots above and reddish-purple beneath, hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in wide-branching terminal cluster; heads 1/2-3/4 in. wide, consisting of many yellow ray florets with squared-off, toothed tips. Many green, glandular-hairy bracts surround the cylindrical base of each head.

fruits: Fruit a fluffy cluster of achenes with pale yellow tufts of hair.

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native range: eastern North America



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