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Common Name: Hawkweed or King Devil
Scientific Name: Hieracium pratense
Family: Asteraceae
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina
June 1, 2002
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The leafless flowering stem of this rhizomatous perennial is 6 - 30 inches tall and bears several heads or inflorescences in a compact cluster. The basal leaves, 2 - 8 inches long, have bristly hairs on each surface. An introduced weed, more common northward, that grows in pastures, clearings, and along roadsides in our mountains and piedmont. April - July [Justice, William S. and Bell, C. Ritchie, Wild Flowers of North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1968]
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Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z