HAIRY HAWKWEED
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Hieracium gronovii L.
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| Cherokee County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 1-4 feet |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: July, August, September,October |
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| Also Called: | | Queen devil, beaked hawkweed. | | Stems: | | Erect, mostly solitary, sap milky; upper stem nearly naked; lower stem moderately to densely pubescent; hairs spreading, pale orange or brown. | | Leaves: | | Mostly basal, sessile to short-stalked, oblanceolate to obovate or elliptic, .8 to 4+ inches long, .4 to 1.6 inches wide; surfaces hairy; margins entire; tip rounded to pointed; base wedge-shaped to rounded. | | Inflorescences: | | Panicle-like array, elongate, open-cylindrical, 5-50-flowered, glandular-pubescent, terminal. | | Flowers: | | Involucre 1/4 to 2/5 inch tall; involucral bracts 12-15+, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, pubescent; tips rounded to pointed; ray florets 12-30+; ligules about 1/3 inch long, yellow; disk florets absent. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, cylindrical, 1/12 to 1/6 inch long, somewhat narrowed near apex, enclosing small seed, tipped with bristles in 2 series; bristles1/6 to 1/5 inch long, pale yellow to orangish-brown. | | Habitat: | | Open woods, disturbed sites, roadsides, pastures, old fields, ledges; dry sandy or rocky soils. | | Distribution: | | East 1/3 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | The common name hawkweed alludes to the ancient Greek belief that hawks would improve their eyesight by eating the plant. Named for Dutch botanist Jan Frederik Gronovius, 1686-1762. |
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| Hairy hawkweed |  | | 143 KB | | Cherokee County, Kansas |
| | Hairy hawkweed inflorescence |  | | 111 KB | | Cherokee County, Kansas |
| | Hairy hawkweed involcural bracts |  | | 37 KB | | Cherokee County, Kansas |
| | Hairy hawkweed leaf hairs |  | | 106 KB | | Cherokee County, Kansas |
| | Hairy hawkweed leaves |  | | 135 KB | | Cherokee County, Kansas |
| | Hairy hawkweed achenes |  | | 41 KB | | Cherokee County, Kansas |
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