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Asteraceae > Hieracium (hawkweed)

Rattlesnakeweed, Veined Hawkweed (Hieracium venosum) Rattlesnakeweed, Veined Hawkweed (Hieracium venosum)
Macon Co., NC
12 May 2006

Common and statewide in NC, Rattlesnakeweed grows in various dry soils habitats including roadsides and forest edges.

Rattlesnakeweed, Veined Hawkweed (Hieracium venosum) Rattlesnakeweed, Veined Hawkweed (Hieracium venosum)
Macon Co., NC
12 May 2006
Rattlesnakeweed, Veined Hawkweed (Hieracium venosum) Rattlesnakeweed, Veined Hawkweed (Hieracium venosum)
Macon Co., NC
12 May 2006

Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil (Hieracium gronovii) Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil, Hairy Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii)
Orange Co., NC
21 Sep 2006

Along the edge of an old field

Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil (Hieracium gronovii) Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil, Hairy Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii)
Orange Co., NC
21 Sep 2006

spreading glandular hairs

Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil (Hieracium gronovii) Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil, Hairy Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii)
Orange Co., NC
21 Sep 2006

reduced cauline leaves

Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil (Hieracium gronovii) Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil, Hairy Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii)
Orange Co., NC
21 Sep 2006

basal leaves

Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil (Hieracium gronovii) Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil, Hairy Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii)
Orange Co., NC
21 Sep 2006

whole plant


Alleghany Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) Alleghany Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum)
Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC
13 Sep 2008

This late summer to fall blooming hawkweed is common in dry to mesic forest edge soils in the western half of North Carolina.

Alleghany Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) Alleghany Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum)
Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC
13 Sep 2008

Alleghany Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) Alleghany Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum)
Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC
13 Sep 2008

Alleghany Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) Alleghany Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum)
Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC
13 Sep 2008

Leafy stem and lack of basal leaves (seen below) distinguish this hawkweed from others in the genus.

Alleghany Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) Alleghany Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum)
Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC
13 Sep 2008


Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)
Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec, Canada
5 Aug 2005

Introduced from Europe, this species is common in the northeastern US but rare and only in the mountains in NC.


unidentified hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) unidentified hawkweed #3678 (Hieracium sp.)
Watauga Co., NC
22 July 2006

unidentified hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) unidentified hawkweed (Hieracium sp.)
Watauga Co., NC
22 July 2006

unidentified hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) unidentified hawkweed (Hieracium sp.)
Watauga Co., NC
22 July 2006


hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) unidentified hawkweed #9328 (Hieracium sp.)
Thin soils over granite outcrops in Alexander Co., NC
3 July 2009

hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) unidentified hawkweed #9328 (Hieracium sp.)
Thin soils over granite outcrops in Alexander Co., NC
3 July 2009

hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) unidentified hawkweed #9328 (Hieracium sp.)
Thin soils over granite outcrops in Alexander Co., NC
3 July 2009

hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) unidentified hawkweed #9328 (Hieracium sp.)
Thin soils over granite outcrops in Alexander Co., NC
3 July 2009

hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) unidentified hawkweed #9328 (Hieracium sp.)
Thin soils over granite outcrops in Alexander Co., NC
3 July 2009

hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) unidentified hawkweed #9328 (Hieracium sp.)
Thin soils over granite outcrops in Alexander Co., NC
3 July 2009


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


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