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unusual facts about hawkweed



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Apomixis

Examples of apomixis can be found in the genera Crataegus (hawthorns), Amelanchier (shadbush), Sorbus (rowans and whitebeams), Rubus (brambles or blackberries), Poa (meadow grasses), Hieracium (hawkweeds) and Taraxacum (dandelions).

H. maculatum

Hieracium maculatum, the spotted hawkweed, a flowering plant species found in Europe

Hieracium radyrense

Radyr Hawkweed is the common name of Hieracium radyrense, a very rare endemic species restricted to Radyr in south Wales, UK.

Hieracium snowdoniense

Hieracium snowdoniense, the Snowdonia hawkweed, is a plant endemic to Snowdonia, North Wales.

Karl Hermann Zahn

Karl Hermann Zahn (3 December 1865, Baiertal – 8 February 1940, Haigerloch) was a German botanist who was a leading authority regarding the genus Hieracium (hawkweed).

P. aurantiaca

Pilosella aurantiaca, the fox-and-cubs, orange hawkweed, tawny Hawkweed, Devil's paintbrush or Grim-the-collier, a flowering plant species native to alpine regions of central and southern Europe

Phytoecia virgula

They feed on a wide variety of plants and grasses, including Achillea millefolium, wormwood (Artemisia), carrot (Daucus), tansy (Tanacetum), Inula and hawkweed (Hieracium).

Umbelliferone

Umbelliferone occurs in many familiar plants from the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family such as carrot, coriander and garden angelica, as well as in plants from other families, such as the mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella, Asteraceae) or the bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla, Hydrangeaceae, under the name hydrangine).


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