Hieracium carneum explained

Hieracium carneum, common name Huachuca hawkweed, is a North American plant species in the family Asteraceae, native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Chihuahua. It grows on rocky sites at elevations of 2000-.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Hieracium carneum is an herb up to 60cm (20inches) tall. Leaves are lanceolate to linear, up to 12cm (05inches) long. Flower heads contain white to pinkish ray flowers but no disc flowers.^{[1] [4]}

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in New Mexico in 1899, isotype of Hieracium carneum

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066939 Flora of North America
2. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico D.F.
3. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Hieracium%20carneum.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5173856#page/187/mode/1up Greene, Edward Lee. Botanical Gazette 6(3): 184. 1881.