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Hieracium aurantiacum L.
orange hawkweed

   
Symbol: HIAU
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    I
AK    I
CAN    I
SPM    I



Photograph of Hieracium aurantiacum L.
©Norman Melvin. USDA, NRCS, WSI.
 
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Distribution by State:
Hieracium aurantiacum L.

Distributional Map for Hieracium aurantiacum L.
Distribution Map Legend

Hieracium aurantiacum L. distribution:
USA (AK, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AK, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY

 

Related Taxa:
Hieracium aurantiacum L.

477 genera in Asteraceae, 54 species in Hieracium
 

Classification:
Hieracium aurantiacum L.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Asteridae
Order   Asterales
Family   Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus   Hieracium L. – hawkweed
Species   Hieracium aurantiacum L. – orange hawkweed
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Hieracium aurantiacum L.

This plant and the related entity italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Colorado:
orange hawkweed A list (noxious weeds)
Idaho:
orange hawkweed Noxious weed
Montana:
orange hawkweed Category 2 noxious weed
Oregon:
orange hawkweed "A" designated weed
orange hawkweed Quarantine
Washington:
orange hawkweed Class B noxious weed
orange hawkweed, orange paintbrush, red daisy flameweed, devil's weed, grim-the-collier Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
Hieracium
hawkweed Class C noxious weed1
1 non-native Hieracium species except those listed as Class A or Class B
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Hieracium aurantiacum L.

orange hawkweed
Hieracium
hawkweed

This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
WI Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.
WSWS Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Hieracium aurantiacum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

 

 
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