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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium paniculatum   FAMILY Asteraceae_

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

Hieracium paniculatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-006:

Hieracium paniculatum   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hieracium paniculatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed


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image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hipa2_001_lvd

        

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm100730_279

July    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Plant 0.4-1.0m tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm060814_004

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

The stem is leafy to the inflorescence and leaves are mostly smooth, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm080810_006

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm120825_982

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm120825_984

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

Leaves elliptic, base cuneate to attenuate. Basal leaves few or absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm120830_177

August    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

The milky sap & obscure teeth on the leaves are good corroborative characters, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm120830_179

August    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

The flowers heads are small (1/2" wide or less), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm120830_194

August    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

Pappus yellowish to tan, 3-4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm160827_686

August    Henderson County    NC

Bearwallow Mountain

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm160827_686b

August    Henderson County    NC

Bearwallow Mountain

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm0509j_20

September    Transylvania County    NC

Silver Run Preserve

Inflorescence a diffuse panicle of many-headed corymbs, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hieracium paniculatum, Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

JK Marlow    jkm070903_020

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium paniculatum   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Hieracium paniculatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-006:
Hieracium paniculatum   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hieracium paniculatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

691

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to mesic forests, especially along dirt roads, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black

 

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