Hieracium gronovii explained

Hieracium gronovii, commonly known as queendevil, hairy hawkweed,^[1] beaked hawkweed,^[2] and Gronovius' hawkweed,^[3] is a North American plant species in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is common and widespread across much of the continent from Ontario south as far as Florida, the Dominican Republic, and Panamá.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]} The plant can be found in rocky, dry, open woods and in fields.

Hieracium gronovii is an herb up to 80cm (30inches) tall, with a hairy stem rising from a rosette of basal leaves. The basal leaves are up to 8inches long and are broadly obovate in shape. Leaves on the stem are alternate and smaller. The base of the stem is hairier than the upper stem. The upper stem also has fewer, smaller leaves.^[3] The flowers, blooming May to October, are yellow and small, up to 81NaN1 across.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: NatureServe Explorer 2.0 . explorer.natureserve.org.
2. Web site: Beaked Hawkweed . Missouri Department of Conservation . en.
3. Web site: Gronovius' Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii) . www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
4. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Hieracium%20gronovii.png Biota of North America Program 2004 county distribution map
5. Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
6. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
7. Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa.
8. http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100124548 photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Dominican Republic in 1967
9. Book: Denison . Edgar . Missouri Wildflowers . 2017 . Conservation Commission of the State of Missouri . 978-1-887247-59-7 . 147 . Sixth.