COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) 



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small leaves near the base, and branching at the top into a 

 loose, open flower-cluster. Basal leaves tufted, narrowly oblong 

 to lance-shaped, tapering backward to margined petioles, light 

 green, entire, bristly hairy on both sides. Stolons few, lacking on 

 many plants. Heads yellow, about three-quarters of an inch broad, 

 on glandular, hairy pedicels ; bracts of the involucre nearly linear, 

 pointed, blackish, sticky-hairy. Achenes brown, oblong, with 

 lengthwise ridges ; pappus a ring of fine, plumose bristles arranged 

 funnel shape. (Fig. 385.) 



Means of control the same as for Orange Hawkweed. 



HAIRY HAWKWEED 

 Hieracium Grondvii, L. 



Native. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. 

 Time of bloom: July to September. 

 Seed-time: August to October. 

 Range : Massachusetts to Ontario, Illinois, 



and Kansas, southward to Georgia and 



Louisiana. 

 Habitat : Dry soil ; grasslands, waste 



places. 



Stem very slender, erect, one to three 

 feet tall, hairy, with a few leaves below 

 the middle. Basal and lower leaves two 

 to six inches long, obovate or spatulate, 

 narrowing to short petioles, obtuse, en- 

 tire or with a few shallow teeth, rough- 

 hairy above but covered on the under 

 side with minute, star-shaped hairs. 

 Heads in a narrow panicle, without leafy 

 bracts, each about a half-inch broad, 

 light yellow, on very slender and slightly 

 glandular pedicels ; principal bracts of 

 the involucre in one series, nearly linear, 

 acute, with an outer row very much 

 shorter. Achenes spindle-shaped, with a 

 pappus of fine, brown bristles, arranged 

 in funnel form. (Fig. 386.) 



Grmovii). 



