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hawkweed
hawk·weed H0090300 (hôk′wēd′)n. Any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium of the composite family, having yellow or orange dandelionlike flower heads.hawkweed (ˈhɔːkˌwiːd) n (Plants) any typically hairy plant of the genus Hieracium, with clusters of dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)hawk•weed (ˈhɔkˌwid)
n. any weedy composite plant of the genus Hieracium, usu. bearing yellow or orange flower clusters. [1555–65] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  hawkweed - any of various plants of the genus Pilosellagenus Pilosella, Pilosella - genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieraciumherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | | 2. | hawkweed - any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandeliongenus Hieracium, Hieracium - large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with PilosellaHieracium venosum, rattlesnake weed - a hawkweed with a rosette of purple-veined basal leaves; Canada to northern Georgia and KentuckyHieracium pilocella, mouse-ear hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum - European hawkweed having soft hairy leaves; sometimes placed in genus Hieraciumherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
hawkweed
hawkweed, any species of the genus Hieracium of the family Asteraceae (asteraster
[Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster (Callistephus chinensis
..... Click the link for more information. family), widely distributed perennials, chiefly of open fields. The small, dandelionlike flower heads are borne in clusters at the top of a long, hairy stem; the basal leaves are also hairy. Some species of the W United States are used for forage; in the East, hawkweeds are generally considered pests. In the fall the orange hawkweed, or devil's-paintbrush, the rattlesnake weed, and the king devil often turn whole fields a ruddy orange or yellow. Other species are red or white; a few are cultivated in rocky soil where other plants cannot grow. In folklore, hawks sharpened their eyesight by eating hawkweed sap. Hawkweed is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.hawkweed
Related to hawkweed: Hawksbeard, yellow hawkweed, meadow hawkweedWords related to hawkweednoun any of various plants of the genus PilosellaRelated Words- genus Pilosella
- Pilosella
- herb
- herbaceous plant
noun any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelionRelated Words- genus Hieracium
- Hieracium
- Hieracium venosum
- rattlesnake weed
- Hieracium pilocella
- mouse-ear hawkweed
- Pilosella officinarum
- herb
- herbaceous plant
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