Hieracium horridum

Hieracium horridum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Hieracium
Species: H. horridum
Binomial name
Hieracium horridum
Fries[1]
Hieracium horridum distribution
Synonyms

Pilosella horrida (Fr.) F.W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.[2]
Hieracium horridum subsp. horridum Zahn[3]

Hieracium horridum,[4] known as the prickly hawkweed[1] or shaggy hawkweed, gets its name from the long, dense, shaggy white to brown hairs (trichomes) which cover all of the plant parts[2] of this native western North American perennial plant.[5]

Hieracium horridum possesses oblong leaves along the stems of this 4 inches (10 cm) to 15 inches (38 cm) tall hairy plant with 11-12 bright yellow flowers at the top[2] of each flower head, which is 0.315 inches (8 mm) to 0.354 inches (9 mm) in diameter.[6] It flowers between late June and August.

Like all members of the Asteraceae family, the flowers are actually florets made up of many ray corolla, each ray its own stamen. As with other plants of the tribe Cichorieae, the stems and leaves produce a milky substance when broken.[7]

Distribution

Hieracium horridum's habitat is in dry rocky places within mountainous coniferous forests[4] in Oregon, California and Nevada[1][5] at elevations between 5,000 feet (1,524 m) and 12,000 feet (3,658 m).[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Natural Resources Conservation Service (2007). "PLANTS Profile for Hieracium horridum Fr. prickly hawkweed". The PLANTS Database. USDA, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Missouri Botanical Garden (2007). "Tropios beta: details for Hieracium horridum Fr.". Missouri Botanical Garden - 4344 Shaw Boulevard - Saint Louis, Missouri 63110. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  3. International Plant Names Index. "Plant Name Details Hieracium horridum". Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Charters, Michael L. "Shaggy Hawkweed". Wildflowers and Other Plants of Southern California. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Germplasm Resources Information Network. "Taxon: Hieracium horridum Fr.". (GRIN) Online Database. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  6. Flora of North America. "Hieracium horridum Fries, Uppsala Univ. Årsskr. 1862". Flora of North America North of Mexico (New York and Oxford: Flora of North America Association). 19, 20 and 21: 278, 283, 292. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  7. Mrs M. Grieve (1933). "Hawkweed, Wood". A Modern Herbal. botanical.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.

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