Yellow Hawkweed

Yellow Hawkweed

Taxobox
name = Yellow Hawkweed



regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
subfamilia = Cichorioideae
tribus = Cichorieae
genus = "Hieracium"
species = "H. pratense"
binomial = "Hieracium pratense"
binomial_authority = Tausch

Yellow Hawkweed ("Hieracium pratense") is a hairy perennial plant native to Europe. In North America, this plant has escaped cultivation and is a common weed of fields and roadsides.

The flowers are yellow, reminiscent of a dandelion, but borne on tall, very hairy stems.

It is sometimes known as the "King Devil." [ [http://www.wellesley.edu/Biology/Web/Species/pkingdevil.html Wellesley College "Web of Species" entry] ]

Pliny the Elder wrote that hawks ate this plant to improve their vision, and it has been used as an herbal remedy for vision problems. [ [http://www.wellesley.edu/Biology/Web/Species/pkingdevil.html Wellesley College "Web of Species" entry] ]

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