Hieracium megacephalum

Hieracium megacephalum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Hieracium
Species:
H. megacephalum
Binomial name
Hieracium megacephalum
Nash 1895
Synonyms[1][2]

Hieracium megacephalon Nash

Hieracium megacephalum, the coastal plain hawkweed,[3] is a North American plant species in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It grows only in the southeastern United States, in Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas.[4]

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

  1. ^ Tropicos, Hieracium megacephalum Nash
  2. ^ The Plant List, Hieracium megacephalum Nash
  3. ^ NRCS. "Hieracium megacephalon". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2004 county distribution map
  5. ^ Flora of North America, Hieracium megacephalon Nash, 1895.


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