NameThatPlant.net: Hieracium marianum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hieracium marianum FAMILY Asteraceae_ Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Maryland Hawkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium marianum FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-007:

Hieracium ×marianum FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hieracium marianum

COMMON NAME:
Maryland Hawkweed

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image of Hieracium marianum, Maryland Hawkweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hima_001_lvd

Terry Holdsclaw tdh_hieracium_marianum

May Catawba County NC

Considered to derive from hybridization between H. gronovii and H. venosum, per Weakley's Flora.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hieracium marianum FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium marianum FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-10-007:
Hieracium ×marianum FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hieracium marianum

3535

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry forests, woodland margins, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal or low alternate (reduced upward)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Black
Achene

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