362 Yellow to Orange Flowers 



regular panicle ; involucral bracts imbricated in two or three series ; rays 

 truncate, five-toothed at the apex. 



A lovely plant! The pale green stems, leaves, and buds, 

 thickly clothed with fine silvery hairs, and the brilliant 

 golden flowers form an exquisite contrast, delighting the 

 eye of the traveller. This Hawkweed is comparatively 

 rare in the mountains. 



Hieracium gracile, or Small Hawkweed, has tiny yellow 

 or white flowers borne at the end of the long, slender, 

 branching stems. They resemble miniature Dandelions and 

 are very abundant. Like the Hawksbeards, the rays of the 

 Hawkweeds are truncate, or cut off squarely at the ends, 

 and finely toothed. 



Hieracium umbellatum, or Narrow-leaved Hawkweed, 

 has a tall, simple leafy stem and lanceolate, acute, usually 

 entire, but occasionally toothed or lobed leaves narrowing 

 to a sessile base, smooth above and hairy below, and fringed 

 with marginal hairs. The few yellow flower heads are 

 usually an inch broad and sub-umbellate. 



