Yellow Hawkweed
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| Yellow Hawkweed | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Genus: | Hieracium |
| Species: | H. pratense |
| Binomial name | |
| Hieracium pratense Tausch |
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Yellow Hawkweed (Hieracium pratense) is a hairy perennial plant native to Europe. In North America, this plant has escaped cultivation and is a common weed of fields and roadsides.
The flowers are yellow, reminiscent of a dandelion, but borne on tall, very hairy stems.
It is sometimes known as the "King Devil."[1] [2]:174
Pliny the Elder wrote that hawks ate this plant to improve their vision, and it has been used as an herbal remedy for vision problems.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Wellesley College "Web of Species" entry
- ^ Peterson, Roger Tory; McKenny, Margaret (1968), A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-Central North America, Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, ISBN 0-395-183251
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