Hieracium pratense Tausch
Hieracium caespitosum Dumort. Field hawkweed, yellow hawkweed, meadow hawkweed, king devil, yellow paintbrush, devil’s paintbrush, yellow devil, yellow fox-and-cubs, yellow king-devil
Meadow hawkweed is a European native, apparently introduced to the United States in 1828 as an ornamental plant. It escaped and is now widespread. Plants: Plants consist of a basal rosette with 3-8 or more leaves, and many tall, thin relatively bare flower stems 10-36″ (25-91 cm) high. Stems, leaves, and stolons exude a milky latex when cut. Stems have dense hairs 1/32-⅛″ (1-4 mm) long, softer toward the bottom, stiffer toward the top. Leaves: The basal leaves are 2-10″ (5-25 cm) long and ½-1¼″ (1.3-3.2 cm) wide. They are variable in appearance, oblong lanceolate to elliptic in shape, with blunt or pointed tips, sometimes toothed. Flowers: Each stem is topped with a flat-topped or umbrella-shaped cluster of 5-30 yellow flowers. Flowers appear from May to August, and are ½-1″ (1.3-2.5 cm) across. Fruits: Shiny, black, and plumed: equipped with individual feathery awns or bristles that depend on the wind to carry them to new locations. Online References:
The Connecticut Botanical Society's Connecticut wildflowers site The USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information Database 5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) 5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (11 × 17 cm) 6/3/2018 · Mt. Watatic, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm) 8/27/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 10 cm) 8/20/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 9″ (14 × 22 cm) 8/27/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.4 cm) 6/22/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm) 6/21/2017 · Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm) 6/3/2018 · Mt. Watatic, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm) 5/22/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) 6/1/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 20 cm) 6/3/2018 · Mt. Watatic, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm) 6/10/2021 · Otter Brook Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9 cm) Hieracium pratense Tausch
Hieracium caespitosum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 26 Jul 2023. © FloraFinder.org. All rights reserved. |
6/3/2018 · Mt. Watatic, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) 6/1/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 10 × 15″ (26 × 39 cm) 6/21/2017 · Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 10 cm) 5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 14 × 9″ (35 × 23 cm) 6/2/2010 · J. Harry Rich State Forest, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 14 × 9″ (35 × 23 cm) 9/19/2009 · Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 3 × 4½″ (7.9 × 11 cm) 8/27/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 3½ × 6″ (9.4 × 14 cm) 6/5/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm) 6/21/2017 · Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) 6/3/2018 · Mt. Watatic, Ashby · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm) 6/1/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 1 × 1½′ (34 × 52 cm) 8/20/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 12″ (20 × 31 cm) 9/19/2009 · Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) Range:
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