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Pilosella
Hieracium /haɪ.əˈræsiəm/, known by the common name hawkweed and classically as hierakion (from ancient Greek ιεράξ, hierax 'hawk'), is a genus of the sunflower (Helianthus) family Asteraceae (or Compositae), and closely related to dandelion (Taraxacum), chicory (Cichorium), prickly lettuce (Lactuca) and sow thistle (Sonchus), which are part of the tribe Cichorieae. Hawkweeds, with their 10,000+ recorded species and subspecies, do their part to make Asteraceae the second largest family of flowers. Some botanists group all these...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
orange hawkweed
speciesPilosella aurantiaca
mouse-eared hawkweed
speciesPilosella officinarum
meadow hawkweed
speciesPilosella caespitosa
smooth hawkweed
speciesPilosella piloselloides
Pilosella echioides
speciesPilosella echioides
Pilosella onegensis
speciesPilosella onegensis
Bauhin's mouse-ear hawkweed
speciesPilosella bauhini
Yellow-devil
speciesPilosella floribunda
Lettuce Hawkweed
speciesPilosella lactucella
Pilosella cymosa
speciesPilosella cymosa
Spreading Mouse-ear-hawkweed
speciesPilosella flagellaris
Shaggy Mouse-ear-hawkweed
speciesPilosella peleteriana
Pilosella castellana
speciesPilosella castellana
Pilosella hoppeana
speciesPilosella hoppeana
Pilosella velutina
speciesPilosella velutina
Pilosella breviscapa
speciesPilosella breviscapa
Pilosella pseudopilosella
speciesPilosella pseudopilosella
Pilosella rothiana
speciesPilosella rothiana
glacier hawkweed
speciesPilosella glacialis
Pilosella densiflora
speciesPilosella densiflora
Pilosella vahlii
speciesPilosella vahlii
Yellow Devil Hawkweed
speciesPilosella glomerata
Pilosella ziziana
speciesPilosella ziziana
Pilosella schultesii
speciesPilosella schultesii
Pilosella piloselliflora
speciesPilosella piloselliflora
Pilosella novosibirskensis
speciesPilosella novosibirskensis
Pilosella guthnikiana
speciesPilosella guthnikiana
Pilosella auriculoides
speciesPilosella auriculoides
Hybrid Fox-and-cubs
speciesPilosella stoloniflora
Pilosella corymbuloides
speciesPilosella corymbuloides
Pilosella pseudovahlii
speciesPilosella pseudovahlii
Pilosella polymastix
speciesPilosella polymastix
Pilosella brachiata
speciesPilosella brachiata
Pilosella tardans
speciesPilosella tardans
Pilosella × bifurca
hybridPilosella × bifurca
Pilosella iserana
speciesPilosella iserana
Pilosella argyrocoma
speciesPilosella argyrocoma
Pilosella leucopsilon
speciesPilosella leucopsilon
Pilosella testimonialis
speciesPilosella testimonialis
Pilosella macrostolona
speciesPilosella macrostolona
Pilosella procera
speciesPilosella procera
Pilosella galiciana
speciesPilosella galiciana
Pilosella billyana
speciesPilosella billyana
Pilosella acutifolia
speciesPilosella acutifolia
Pilosella × derubella
hybridPilosella × derubella
Pilosella dublitzkii
speciesPilosella dublitzkii
Pilosella dubia
speciesPilosella dubia
Pilosella saussureoides
speciesPilosella saussureoides
Pilosella hypeurya
speciesPilosella hypeurya
Pilosella visianii
speciesPilosella visianii
Pilosella fuscoatra
speciesPilosella fuscoatra
Pilosella prussica
speciesPilosella prussica
Pilosella macranthela
speciesPilosella macranthela
Pilosella rhodopea
speciesPilosella rhodopea
Pilosella leptophyton
speciesPilosella leptophyton
Pilosella dichotoma
speciesPilosella dichotoma
Pilosella erythrochrista
speciesPilosella erythrochrista
Pilosella calodon
speciesPilosella calodon
Pilosella mandonii
speciesPilosella mandonii
Pilosella anchusoides
speciesPilosella anchusoides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.191
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.640
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.639
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.638
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.637
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.651
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.596
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1139
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.87
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.342
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.348
Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.259
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 203680.