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Pilosella caespitosa (Dumort.) P.D.Sell & C.West
yellow king devil
Asteraceae (Aster family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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Species Information

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General:
Perennial herb from a short, stout rhizome and long, leafy stolons; stems erect, solitary, with non-glandular, glandular and starlike hairs, exuding milky juice when broken, 25-90 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves well-developed, persistent, oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, entire or minutely toothed, stalked, with non-glandular hairs and sometimes starlike hairs below, 5-25 cm long, 1-3 cm wide; stem leaves 1-3, reduced upwards.
Flowers:
Heads with strap-shaped flowers, dense, few to many; involucres 5-9 mm tall; involucral bracts lanceolate, not graduated, with many non-glandular and glandular and a few starlike hairs; ray flowers yellow.
Fruits:
Achenes 1.5-2 mm long; pappus dirty white.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat / Range

Mesic to dry roadsides, disturbed areas and waste places in the lowland zone; infrequent in SC BC, known from the lower Fraser River valley; introduced from Europe.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Pilosella caespitosa

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
Site Information
 Value / Class

Minimum

Average

Maximum
Elevation (metres) 722 793 866
Slope Gradient (%) 0 16 60
Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W] 		110 97 310
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric] 		2 3 6
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
Number of field plots
 species was recorded in:		 4
Modal BEC Zone Class
 SBS
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in: ICH(1), SBS(3)

Synonyms and Alternate Names

Hieracium pratense Tausch
Hieracium caespitosum Dumort.

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Flora North America treatment for Asteraceae
Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
 International Plant Names Index
 Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online

Additional Photo Sources

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UT Austin's Native Plant Database
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General References

Google Scholar Search
Family References
 General Botanical References for BC
Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2024-05-19 2:43:02 PM ]
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