Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Picris hieracioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hawkweed Oxtongue at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Picris hieracioides ssp. hieracioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Picris hieracioides ssp. hieracioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Picris hieracioides
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Picris hieracioides ssp. hieracioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-09-001:
Picris hieracioides FAMILY Asteraceae_
COMMON NAME:
Hawkweed Oxtongue, Bitterweed, Cat's-ear
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Picris hieracioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Picris hieracioides ssp. hieracioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Picris hieracioides ssp. hieracioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Picris hieracioides
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Picris hieracioides ssp. hieracioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-09-001:
Picris hieracioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
3378
Forb
Perennial/Biennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Waif(s)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves often absent or withered at flowering)
Stem leaves sessile to clasping
Margins dentate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Deep yellow
Disc: absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a corymb
FRUIT:
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