NameThatPlant.net: Pilosella piloselloides

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pilosella piloselloides FAMILY Asteraceae_ Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium piloselloides FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Hieracium piloselloides

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Hieracium praealtum var. decipiens

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

Pilosella piloselloides

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

Hieracium florentinum FAMILY Asteraceae_

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

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

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pilosella piloselloides FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium piloselloides FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Hieracium piloselloides

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Hieracium praealtum var. decipiens

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

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Black
Achene

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