Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pilosella piloselloides
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Smooth Hawkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium piloselloides
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam & Greuter, 2007)
Pilosella piloselloides
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Hieracium praealtum var. decipiens
(?)
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hifl_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pilosella piloselloides
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium piloselloides
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam & Greuter, 2007)
Pilosella piloselloides
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Hieracium praealtum var. decipiens
(?)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-004:
Hieracium florentinum
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
689
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in NC, rare in GA & SC
Look for it in fields, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p360
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p135
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p176