NameThatPlant.net: Pilosella piloselloides

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pilosella piloselloides FAMILY Asteraceae_ Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Smooth Hawkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium piloselloides FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pilosella piloselloides ssp. piloselloides

SYNONYMOUS WITH New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam & Greuter, 2007)

Pilosella piloselloides

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Hieracium piloselloides

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Hieracium piloselloides

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-004:

Hieracium florentinum FAMILY Asteraceae_

COMMON NAME:
Glaucous King-devil, Smooth Hawkweed, Tall Hawkweed

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image of Pilosella piloselloides, Glaucous King-devil, Smooth Hawkweed, Tall Hawkweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hifl_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pilosella piloselloides FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium piloselloides FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pilosella piloselloides ssp. piloselloides

SYNONYMOUS WITH New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam & Greuter, 2007)
Pilosella piloselloides

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Hieracium piloselloides

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hieracium piloselloides

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-004:
Hieracium florentinum FAMILY Asteraceae_

689

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon in NC, rare in GA & SC

map
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Golden-yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Black
Achene

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