Hieracium gronovii, commonly known as queendevil,[5] hairy hawkweed,[2] beaked hawkweed,[6] and Gronovius' hawkweed,[7] 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.[8][9][10][11][12] The plant can be found in rocky, dry, open woods and in fields.[13]

Hieracium gronovii
1913 illustration[1]

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Hieracium
Species:
H. gronovii
Binomial name
Hieracium gronovii
L. 1753
Synonyms[4]
  • Hieracium hondurense S.F.Blake
  • Hieracium minarum Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Hieracium panamense S.F.Blake
  • Stenotheca gronovii (L.) Sennikov
  • Hieracium domingense Zahn[3]

Hieracium gronovii is an herb up to 80 cm (31 in) tall, with a hairy stem rising from a rosette of basal leaves. The basal leaves are up to 20 cm (8 in) 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.[7] The flowers, blooming May to October, are yellow and small, up to 8 mm (0.3 in) across.[13]

References

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  1. ^ illustration from USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 331.
  2. ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
  3. ^ The International Plant Names Index, Hieracium domingense Zahn
  4. ^ The Plant List, Hieracium gronovii Willd ex L.
  5. ^ NRCS. "Hieracium gronovii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Beaked Hawkweed". Missouri Department of Conservation.
  7. ^ a b "Gronovius' Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii)". www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
  8. ^ Biota of North America Program 2004 county distribution map
  9. ^ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
  10. ^ 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
  11. ^ Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa.
  12. ^ photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Dominican Republic in 1967
  13. ^ a b Denison, Edgar (2017). Missouri Wildflowers (Sixth ed.). Conservation Commission of the State of Missouri. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-887247-59-7.