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Asteraceae
Hieracium

not marked as a favorite taxon Hieracium scabrum Michaux. Common name: Rough Hawkweed. Phenology: Jul-Nov. Habitat: Dry forests, woodland margins, roadsides. Distribution: Nova Scotia and Québec west to Minnesota, south to Virginia, n. Georgia, Kentucky, and Arkansas.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, 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, NS; > Hieracium scabrum Michx. var. leucocaule Fernald & H.St.John — F, NS; > Hieracium scabrum Michx. var. scabrum — F, Il, K1, NS; > Hieracium scabrum Michx. var. tonsum Fernald & H.St.John — F, NS. Basionym: Hieracium scabrum Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Hieracium scabrum - FNA19

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image #1 of Hieracium scabrum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Hieracium scabrum© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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image #4 of Hieracium scabrum© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Hieracium scabrum© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

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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