Hieracium albiflorum

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Hieracium albiflorum
Hieracium albiflorum
Hieracium albiflorum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Hieracium
Species: H. albiflorum
Binomial name
Hieracium albiflorum
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The common wildflower Hieracium albiflorum is known by the names white hawkweed and white-flowered hawkweed. It is found in western North America from Alaska to California and east to the Rockies. Some hawkweeds were introduced to North America and are invasive weeds in the region, but white hawkweed is native and is a part of the balanced ecology[2]. It is shaped like a dandelion with hairy, elliptical leaves and long stalks that bear small, white flowers with serrated petals. The plant is found in forests and woodlands at low to moderate elevation.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gary A. Monroe (2000). Hieracium albiflorum. Fire Effects Information System. USDA Forest Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
  2. ^ Sarah Walker. Weeds: Which Ones Should We Worry About? (HTML). Discovering Lewis & Clark. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.

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