Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pilosella piloselloides
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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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_
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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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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p360
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p135
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p176
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