Hieracium scabrum Michaux. Common name: Rough Hawkweed. Phenology: Jul-Nov. Habitat: Dry forests, woodland margins, roadsides. Distribution: NS and QC west to MN, south to VA, n. GA, KY, and AR.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, FNA19, G, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Oh3, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, SE1, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV; > Hieracium scabrum Michx. var. intonsum Fernald & H.St.John — F, Il; > Hieracium scabrum Michx. var. leucocaule Fernald & H.St.John — F; > Hieracium scabrum Michx. var. scabrum — F, Il; > Hieracium scabrum Michx. var. tonsum Fernald & H.St.John — F. Basionym: Hieracium scabrum Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: = Hieracium scabrum - FNA19
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of dry forests, woodland margins and roadsides.
Stems: Stems thick, densely hairy; leaks milky sap when broken.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, oblong-lance-shaped to oval, 1-5 in. long (reduced and fewer upward), mostly entire, lower surface paler than upper, hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in elongated (to 1 ft.) terminal panicle; heads 1/2-1 in. wide, consisting of 30-60 yellow ray florets with squared-off and toothed tips (no disk florets). Stalks and bracts surrounding the base of each head are covered with stalked glands.
Fruits: Fruit a fluffy cluster of cylindrical achenes with tufts of tawny hairs.
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Height: 1-3 1/2 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of dry forests, woodland margins and roadsides.
stems: Stems thick, densely hairy; leaks milky sap when broken.
leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, oblong-lance-shaped to oval, 1-5 in. long (reduced and fewer upward), mostly entire, lower surface paler than upper, hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in elongated (to 1 ft.) terminal panicle; heads 1/2-1 in. wide, consisting of 30-60 yellow ray florets with squared-off and toothed tips (no disk florets). Stalks and bracts surrounding the base of each head are covered with stalked glands.
fruits: Fruit a fluffy cluster of cylindrical achenes with tufts of tawny hairs.
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