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RATTLESNAKE-WEED (Hieracium venosum) is 

 commonly found in dry sandy places and in open 

 woods. It can readily be recognized by the tuft of 

 spatulate leaves spreading from the root, each leaf 

 having strong veinings of purple. A fertile imagin- 

 ation likens these veinings to the tongues of rattle- 

 snakes, hence the common name. 



A solitary stem, branching slightly at the top, 

 grows from the center of the tuft of leaves. It is 

 without foliage, save for a few small, bract-like 

 leaves. The flower heads are composed of bright, 

 golden-yellow rays seated in a rather deep involucre; 

 they resemble little dandelions but the rays are few- 

 er in number, giving a more open construction to 

 the flower. Rattlesnake-weed blooms from June until 

 September and ranges from Me. to Minn, and south- 

 wards to Ga. 



CANADA HAWKWEED (Hieracium canadense) is 

 a smooth, slender, leafy-stemmed species. Besides 

 the large, spreading, basal ones, the stem is alter- 

 nately set with stemless, lance-shaped, sharply- 

 toothed, light green leaves. The flowers are practi- 

 cally like those of the last species. In October, they 

 are replaced by little brownish globes of down. Can- 

 ada Hawkweed is common on the borders of woods 

 from Newfoundland to British Columbia south to N. 

 J., Mich, and Oregon. It blooms from July until Sep- 

 tember. 



TAWNY HAWKWEED (Hieracium aurantiacum) 

 (EUROPEAN) can always be recognized by the taw- 

 ny-orange color of its flowers, the general hairiness 

 of the stem and the basal tuft of lanceolate, hairy 

 leaves; but. two or three tiny leaves claps the flower 

 stalk. The flowers are closely clustered on short 

 hairy peduncles. It is common in fields, woodland 

 and along roadsides from N. S. to Quebec and south 

 to Pa., flowering from July until September. 



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