Hieracium gronovii L.

Hairy Hawkweed; Beaked Hawkweed; Queen Devil

Herb

Perennial

Vascular

Hairy Hawkweed is a native perennial in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It occurs throughout Alabama. Hairy Hawkweed grows in old fields, on roadside banks, and in dry pine or hardwood forests. It is a perennial with a tap root. The stems are from 1-3 feet in height, pubescent with shaggy hairs, and usually unbranched below the inflorescence. Leaves are basal and cauline. The basal leaves are usually persistent during flowering and the cauline leaves are alternate and rapidly reduced in size upwards. Basal leaves have a short petiole, stem leaves are sessile and clasping. Leaves are oblanceolate to elliptic in outline, pubescent, and with entire margins. Flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in a narrow panicle. The peduncles of the heads are pubescent and glandular. Heads are composed of yellow ray flowers. The fruit is a spindle-shaped achene with a tuft of light brown pappus.--A. Diamond

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Native G5 (Global Rank)

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