Hawkweed
Family: ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE) (Sunflower Family)
Genus: Hieracium Species: aurantiacum
Description: Hairy and mostly leafless stalk bears several heads of ray flowers; Flowers: heads 0.5″ (1.3 cm) wide, each surrounded by bracts covered with gland-tipped black hairs; Leaves: basal leaves 2-10″ (5-25 cm) long, oblong, untoothed, covered with stiff hairs; Both the yellow and orange hawkweeds were introduced from Europe. They spread quickly by leafy runners.
Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, newly-disturbed areas;
In Bloom: May – August
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