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Alpine hawkweed

Hieracium alpinum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 209, February 155, March 242, April 381, May 549, June 599, July 641, August 551, September 405, October 302, November 165, December 129.
United States4,334
Alaska4,328
Russia128
Murmansk Oblast87
Norway69
Austria44
Innlandet30
Sweden28
Norrbottens län23
Ukraine19

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genushawkweeds · Hieracium

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