Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pilosella aurantiaca
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Orange Hawkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium aurantiacum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam & Greuter, 2007)
Pilosella aurantiaca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-002:
Hieracium aurantiacum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
COMMON NAME:
Orange Hawkweed, Devil's Paintbrush, Orange King-devil
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hiau_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_h_aurantiacum_2670
June NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Several brilliant red-orange flower heads in a compact cluster, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Ben Geer Keys bgk2297_a
September
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JK Marlow jkm090923_040
September Hancock County ME
Involucres densely clothed with black trichomes & stipitate glands, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090923_045
September Hancock County ME
Lvs oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic. Stem stipitate-glandular. Both pilose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pilosella aurantiaca
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium aurantiacum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam & Greuter, 2007)
Pilosella aurantiaca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-002:
Hieracium aurantiacum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
2297
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Red
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control p238
- New Invaders of the Southeast p091
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p449
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p135
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p175