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May 23, 2010
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Southeastern, New Hampshire
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On my walk today, I came across a field of this dandelion-like flower, but it
obviously wasn't dandelion, because the leaves were not toothed. Also, the
flower was not quite the same as dandelion and there was more than one flower per
plant. This one is known in most books as either Yellow Hawkweed or Meadow Hawkweed
and occasionally known as King Devil. Notice in the picture at the far right how the stems
and leaves (both front and back) are extremely hairy. This is differentiated from
Pale Hawkweed (Hieracium floribundum) which looks similar, but only has hairs
on the underside of the leaf. Pale Hawkweed is a hybrid of Meadow Hawkweed
(Hieracium caespitosum) and European Hawkweed (Hieracium lactucella).
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