E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Hieracium flagellare Willd.
flagellate hawkweed
Asteraceae (Aster family)

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Distribution of Hieracium flagellare
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC

Hieracium flagellare ssp. flagellare

Species Information

General:
Perennial herb from a rhizome, with numerous long, thick, leafy stolons; stems erect, branched, with dense starlike, non-glandular or glandular hairs, 12-40 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, stalked, entire, 3-13 cm long, 0.5-2.5 cm wide, with non-glandular and starlike hairs; stem leaves 1 or lacking, reduced.

Fruits:
Achenes 1.5-2.0 mm long; pappus dirty white.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat and Range

Mesic to dry roadsides and waste areas in the lowland zone; infrequent in SW BC, known from the lower mainland; introduced from Europe.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia