Intro: Erect perennial with milky sap, found in sandhills, dry forests, woodland margins and roadsides.
Stems: Stems unbranched, very hairy especially at the base, oozing milky sap when broken.
Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate low on the stem (a few bract-like leaves above), short-petiolate to sessile, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped, to 4 in. long (reduced upward), lacking the red veins of some other Hieracium species, very hairy.
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Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in narrow, terminal cluster with alternate, glandular-hairy branches; heads 1/2-3/4 in. wide, consisting of 12-20 yellow, 3-toothed ray florets (no disk florets). A series of green or purplish, linear bracts surround the cylinder-shaped base of each head.
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Height: 1-3 ft.
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description: Erect perennial with milky sap, found in sandhills, dry forests, woodland margins and roadsides.
stems: Stems unbranched, very hairy especially at the base, oozing milky sap when broken.
leaves: Leaves basal and alternate low on the stem (a few bract-like leaves above), short-petiolate to sessile, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped, to 4 in. long (reduced upward), lacking the red veins of some other Hieracium species, very hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in narrow, terminal cluster with alternate, glandular-hairy branches; heads 1/2-3/4 in. wide, consisting of 12-20 yellow, 3-toothed ray florets (no disk florets). A series of green or purplish, linear bracts surround the cylinder-shaped base of each head.
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native range: eastern North America