Hieracium scouleri
- Latin Name: Hieracium scouleri
- Family: Asteraceae
- Common Names: hound tongue hawkweed, Scouler's hawkweed, woolly weed
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Hieracium albertinum, Hieracium chapacanum, Hieracium cusickii, Hieracium cynoglossoides
- Codon: HIESCO
Contents
Taxonomy
| Hieracium scouleri | |
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| Photo by Stevens Co. Noxious Weed Control Board. Also featured on Main Page. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta |
| Phylum: | Spermatophyta |
| Subphylum: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Asteranae |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Hieracium L. |
| Species: | Hieracium scouleri Hook |
Description
Native rhizomatous perennial, stem ranging from nearly glabrous to densely wooly-hairy, stem producing a milky juice.[1][2]
Leaves are elliptical, winged petioles towards base, becoming smaller and sessile up the stem.[3] Leaves are generally hairy on both sides, with long, smooth, or barbellate hairs, not glandular, if leaves are subglabular (almost hairless), then the midveins and margins often have short-glandular hairs, leaves tufted at base during anthesis.[2]
Inflorescence consists of yellow ray florets, subtended by an involucre of overlapping gland tipped bracts.[4] Receptacle naked.[2]
Fruit is a ribbed achene, ~3mm. long, pappus whitish or tawny.[5]
Genus comes from Greek hierax, hawk.[2]
Bloom Period
June-August.[3]
Distribution
Central BC to northern California, east to Alberta, Montana and Utah.[2]
Habitat
Forest, meadows, prairies, rocky slopes, stream banks, roadsides, thickets.[2]
Uses
Sx̌ʷyʔiɬpx use of infusion of leaves and roots, taken as a general tonic.[6]
Propagation
See White, Chris, 'Plant Propagation Protocol for Hieracium scouleri' Available at http://courses.washington.edu/esrm412/protocols/protocols_files/forbs_III.htm for propagation information.
Photo Gallery
Photo by Craig Althen, 2012
Photo by Rod Gilbert, 2006
young growth, courtesy CNLM
young growth, courtesy CNLM
References
- ↑ David J. Keil 2012, Hieracium scouleri, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, /eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=3542, accessed on June 10, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Hieracium%20scouleri
- ↑ Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
- ↑ Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed:2020-06-10 1:03:07 PM]
- ↑ Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 84. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=hieracium+scouleri
