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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 
Hierdcium Gronovit, 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 
. Fie. 386.— Hairy 
pappus of fine, brown bristles, arranged powkweed (Hieracium 
in funnel form. (Fig. 386.) Gronovii). xX. 
