king devil hawkweed

(Pilosella piloselloides)

Conservation Status

 

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  IUCN Red List

not listed

     
  NatureServe

NNA - Not applicable

SNA - Not applicable

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
           
 
Description
 
 

The leaves are mostly basal. The stems are hairless and mostly leafless, sometimes with 1 or 2 small leaves.

 
     
 

Height

 
 

8 to 40

 
     
 

Flower Color

 
 

Yellow

 
     
 

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Habitat
 
 

Meadows, roadsides.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Flowering

 
 

June to September

 
     
 

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Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 22, 28, 29, 30.

The counties in light green on the map are counties in which there are citizen science records on iNaturalist but no records from other sources.

 
  5/3/2023      
         
 

Nativity

 
 

Native to Europe and Turkey. Introduced and naturalized in North America.

 
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

 

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Asteranae  
 

Order

Asterales (sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)  
 

Family

Asteraceae (sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)  
  Subfamily Cichorioideae (chicories, dandelions, and allies)  
  Tribe Cichorieae (lettuce, chicory, dandelion, and salsify)  
  Subtribe Hieraciinae (hawkweed)  
  Genus Pilosella (hawkweed)  
       
 

Until recently, plants in the genus Pilosella were grouped as a subgenus of Hieracium. Distinct features of the cypsela, absence of hybridization between groups, and, in some species, the presence of runners (stolons) and/or red lines on the lower (abaxial) ligule surface, support the segregation of these species into a separate genus.

 
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

 

 
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Hieracium florentinum

Hieracium piloselloides

Hieracium praealtum

Hieracium praealtum var. decipiens

Hieracium praealtum var. praealtum

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

glaucus king-devil

hawkweed

king devil hawkweed

meadow hawkweed

tall hawkweed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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