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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) Macon Co., NC 12 May 2006 | |
Rattlesnakeweed, Veined Hawkweed (Hieracium venosum) Macon Co., NC 12 May 2006 |
Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil, Hairy Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii) Orange Co., NC 21 Sep 2006 Along the edge of an old field | |
Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil, Hairy Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii) Orange Co., NC 21 Sep 2006 spreading glandular hairs | |
Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil, Hairy Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii) Orange Co., NC 21 Sep 2006 reduced cauline leaves | |
Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil, Hairy Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii) Orange Co., NC 21 Sep 2006 basal leaves | |
Beaked Hawkweed, Queendevil, Hairy Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii) Orange Co., NC 21 Sep 2006 whole plant |
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) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 | |
Alleghany Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 | |
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) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 | |
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 #3678 (Hieracium sp.) Watauga Co., NC 22 July 2006 | |
unidentified hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) Watauga Co., NC 22 July 2006 | |
unidentified hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) Watauga Co., NC 22 July 2006 |
unidentified hawkweed #9328 (Hieracium sp.) Thin soils over granite outcrops in Alexander Co., NC 3 July 2009 | |
unidentified hawkweed #9328 (Hieracium sp.) Thin soils over granite outcrops in Alexander Co., NC 3 July 2009 | |
unidentified hawkweed #9328 (Hieracium sp.) Thin soils over granite outcrops in Alexander Co., NC 3 July 2009 | |
unidentified hawkweed #9328 (Hieracium sp.) Thin soils over granite outcrops in Alexander Co., NC 3 July 2009 | |
unidentified hawkweed #9328 (Hieracium sp.) Thin soils over granite outcrops in Alexander Co., NC 3 July 2009 | |
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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