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Hieracium
Hieracium /haɪ.əˈræsiəm/, known by the common name hawkweed and classically as hierakion (from ancient Greek ιεράξ, hierax 'hawk'), is a genus of the sunflower (Helianthus) family Asteraceae (or Compositae), and closely related to dandelion (Taraxacum), chicory (Cichorium), prickly lettuce (Lactuca) and sow thistle (Sonchus), which are part of the tribe Cichorieae. Hawkweeds, with their 10,000+ recorded species and subspecies, do their part to make Asteraceae the second largest family of flowers. Some botanists group all these...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hieracium subgen. Hieracium
subgenusHieracium
Chionoracium
subgenusChionoracium
Toxic hawkweed
speciesHieracium virosum
Tussock Hawkweed
speciesHieracium lepidulum
Grand-toothed hawkweed
speciesHieracium sylvularum
Hieracium robustum
speciesHieracium robustum
Hieracium morii
speciesHieracium morii
Hieracium bifidum
speciesHieracium bifidum
Maryland Hawkweed
speciesHieracium marianum
fimbriate-pitted hawkweed
speciesHieracium pilosum
Hieracium tenuiflorum
speciesHieracium tenuiflorum
Hieracium subpellucidum
speciesHieracium subpellucidum
Hieracium waldsteinii
speciesHieracium waldsteinii
Hieracium krylovii
speciesHieracium krylovii
Hieracium bupleuroides
speciesHieracium bupleuroides
Hieracium glaucum
speciesHieracium glaucum
Hieracium transylvanicum
speciesHieracium transylvanicum
Hieracium tommasinianum
speciesHieracium tommasinianum
Hieracium taigense
speciesHieracium taigense
Hieracium chlorocephalum
speciesHieracium chlorocephalum
Hieracium ganeschinii
speciesHieracium ganeschinii
Hieracium brevifolium
speciesHieracium brevifolium
Roffey's Hawkweed
speciesHieracium pollichiae
long-leaved hawkweed
speciesHieracium virgultorum
Hieracium korshinskyi
speciesHieracium korshinskyi
Hieracium dentatum
speciesHieracium dentatum
Hieracium atrocephalum
speciesHieracium atrocephalum
Hieracium lygistodon
speciesHieracium lygistodon
Houndstongue Hawkweed
speciesHieracium cynoglossoides
Hieracium bombycinum
speciesHieracium bombycinum
Hieracium scorzonerifolium
speciesHieracium scorzonerifolium
Hieracium putoranicum
speciesHieracium putoranicum
Hieracium valdepilosum
speciesHieracium valdepilosum
Hieracium phlomoides
speciesHieracium phlomoides
Hieracium lawsonii
speciesHieracium lawsonii
Hieracium cruentifolium
speciesHieracium cruentifolium
Hieracium glabratum
speciesHieracium glabratum
Hieracium picroides
speciesHieracium picroides
Hieracium dollineri
speciesHieracium dollineri
Diaphanous Hawkweed
speciesHieracium diaphanoides
Polar hawkweed
speciesHieracium atratum
Hieracium rotundatum
speciesHieracium rotundatum
Southern Hawkweed
speciesHieracium argillaceum
Hieracium pteropogon
speciesHieracium pteropogon
Hieracium subfariniramum
speciesHieracium subfariniramum
Hieracium nigrescens
speciesHieracium nigrescens
Hieracium nigritum
speciesHieracium nigritum
Hieracium bocconei
speciesHieracium bocconei
Hieracium praecurrens
speciesHieracium praecurrens
Hieracium maranzae
speciesHieracium maranzae
Hieracium monregalense
speciesHieracium monregalense
Hieracium peruanum
speciesHieracium peruanum
cat's-ear hawkweed
speciesHieracium hypochoeroides
Hieracium aquiliforme
speciesHieracium aquiliforme
Hieracium thaectolepium
speciesHieracium thaectolepium
Hieracium thulense
speciesHieracium thulense
northern hawkweed
speciesHieracium eboracense
Hieracium lainzii
speciesHieracium lainzii
Hieracium bourgaei
speciesHieracium bourgaei
Hieracium insubricum
speciesHieracium insubricum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.303
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.636
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.522
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.235
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.420
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.334
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.428
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.549
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.506
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.506
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.938
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.725
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