Hieracium megacephalum
Hieracium megacephalum, the coastal plain hawkweed,[3] is a North American plant species in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. It grows only in the southeastern United States, in Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas.[4]
Hieracium megacephalum | |
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Coastal plain hawkweed (Hieracium megacephalon | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Tribe: | Cichorieae |
Genus: | Hieracium |
Species: | H. megacephalum |
Binomial name | |
Hieracium megacephalum Nash 1895 | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
Hieracium megacephalon Nash |
Hieracium megacephalum is an herb up to 40 cm (16 in) tall, with leaves on the stem and also in a rosette at the bottom. Leaves are up to 120 mm (4.7 in) long, sometimes with teeth on the edges. One stalk can produce as many as 50 flower heads in a flat-topped array. Each head has 20–50 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.[5]
References
- Tropicos, Hieracium megacephalum Nash
- The Plant List, Hieracium megacephalum Nash
- "Hieracium megacephalon". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- Biota of North America Program 2004 county distribution map
- Flora of North America, Hieracium megacephalon Nash, 1895.
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