Definition of Hieracium aurantiacum

1. Noun. European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium.

Exact synonyms: Orange Hawkweed, Pilosella Aurantiaca
Group relationships: Genus Pilosella, Pilosella
Generic synonyms: Weed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hieracium Aurantiacum

Hicklin
Hickling
Hickock
Hicks
Hicksite
Hicksites
Hickson
Hicksville
Hicksvilles
Hidalgo
Hidatsa
Hideki Yukawa
Hideyo Noguchi
Hidimba
Hieracium
Hieracium aurantiacum (current term)
Hieracium pilocella
Hieracium praealtum
Hieracium venosum
Hieronymite
Hieronymites
Hieronymus
Hieronymus Bosch
Higgens
Higgin
Higgins
Higginson
Higgitt
Higgon
Higgs

Literary usage of Hieracium aurantiacum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Hieracium aurantiacum L. Orange or Tawny Hawkweed. ... Hieracium aurantiacum L. Sp. PI. 801. 1753. Stoloniferous; stem leafless or rarely with i or 2 small ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... Hieracium aurantiacum L. Devil's paintbrush; Orange hawkweed Herbaceous perennial Abandoned fields, meadows and pastures. Hieracium caespitosum Dumort. ..."

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