Hieracium carneum Greene

Huachuca hawkweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Hieracium

Characteristics

Plants 30–60 cm (herbage sometimes glaucous). Stems proximally glabrous or piloso-hirsute (hairs 6–10+ mm), distally glabrous. Leaves: basal (0–)3–5, cauline 4–8+; blades oblanceolate to lanceolate or linear, 40–80(–120) × 5–10(–20) mm, lengths 2.5–8+ times widths, bases cuneate to truncate, margins entire, apices rounded to acute, faces glabrous or piloso-hirsute (hairs 3–6+ mm). Heads 6–25+ in ± corymbiform to paniculiform arrays. Peduncles usually glabrous, sometimes stellate-pubescent and/or stipitate-glandular. Calyculi: bractlets 8–13. Involucres campanulate, 7–10 mm. Phyllaries 13–16+, apices ± rounded, abaxial faces usually glabrous, sometimes stellate-pubescent and/or stipitate-glandular. Florets ca. 20; corollas whitish to pinkish, ca. 8 mm. Cypselae weakly urceolate, 3–4.5 mm; pappi of 50–60+, white or stramineous bristles in 2+ series, 4–5+ mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
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Distribution

Hieracium carneum world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:215874-1
WFO ID wfo-0000050841
COL ID 6LV3N
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Synonyms

Hieracium carneum Hieracium carneum var. carneum