| Pilosella caespitosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Pilosella |
| Species: | P. caespitosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pilosella caespitosa (Dumort) P.D.Sell & C.West | |
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Pilosella caespitosa (synonym Hieracium caespitosum, commonly known as meadow hawkweed, yellow hawkweed, field hawkweed, king devil, yellow paintbrush, devil's paintbrush, yellow devil, yellow fox-and-cubs, and yellow king-devil) is like several other Pilosella species and has a similar appearance to many of the hawkweeds.
Description
Pilosella caespitosa is a creeping perennial, with shallow, fibrous roots and long rhizomes.
The leaves, hairy on both sides (unlike Pilosella floribunda, which looks similar but has hair only on the underside), are up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) long, spathulate, and almost exclusively basal with the exception of 1 or 2 very small cauline leaves. The leaves lie flat to the ground, overlap, and will smother non-vigorous turf.
The stems are bristly and usually leafless, although occasionally a small leaf appears near the midpoint. Stems, leaves, and bracts have dense, blackish hairs and exude milky juice when broken.
The 1/2 inch (1 centimeter) flower heads appear in tight clusters at the top of the 1 to 3 foot (1/3 to 1 meter) stems with 5 to 40 flowers per cluster. Corollas are all ligulate and bright yellow. Each single flower head is an inflorescence and each petal forms its own seed, making them each a separate flower or floret.
The seeds are shiny, black, and plumed. After maturing they are dispersed by wind, clothing, hair, feathers, and some vehicles that disturb fields or soils. P. caespitosa persists and regrows each year from rhizomes and often spreads by stolons, which can be extensive, creating a dense mat of hawkweed plants (a colony) that practically eliminates other vegetation.
Pilosella caespitosa prefers silt loam, well-drained soil: coarse textures, moderately low in organic matter, and moist. Its presence can be an indicator of low soil fertility or slightly acidic soils.
Pilosella caespitosa has, in the past, been used for healing eyesight. Pliny the Elder had recorded information regarding how other species, specifically hawks, utilized P. caespitosa, specifically believing that they would eat it in an effort to improve eyesight.
Habitat and distribution
Tolerant of drought and trampling, this species finds its habitat where the soil has been neglected. Places like roadsides, neglected residential and commercial landscapes, minimally maintained public parks and open spaces, vacant lots, rubble dump sites, and abandoned grasslands (meadows).
Pilosella caespitosa is an introduced species in North America and can be found in Canada (British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec) and the United States (Connecticut, Washington D.C., Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming). It is considered a noxious weed in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.
Pilosella caespitosa's native range includes a large portion of Europe, including Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Former Yugoslavia.
Taxonomy
Pilosella caespitosa was originally published by French botanist Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (Dumort.) in 1827 as Hieracium caespitosum in Fl. Belg.(Dumortier) vol.62. Then in 1967, botanists P.D.Sell & C.West changed it to Pilosella caespitosa in Watsonia 6: 314 (1967).
The species epithet of caespiticia is derived from caespiticius meaning made of turf.
There are 2 known subspecies;
- Pilosella caespitosa subsp. caespitosa (Dumort.) P.D.Sell & C.West
- Pilosella caespitosa subsp. colliniformis (Peter) P.D.Sell & C.West
References
- "Pilosella caespitosa subsp. caespitosa". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- "Pilosella caespitosa subsp. colliniformis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- "Pilosella caespitosa (Dumort.) P.D.Sell & C.West". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ Natural Resources Conservation Service (2007). "Plants Profile for Hieracium caespitosum (meadow hawkweed)". The PLANTS Database. USDA, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ Connecticut Botanical Society (November 13, 2005). "Field Hawkweed". Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ Biodiversity at Wellesley College and in New England, Niki Zhou and Carla Holleran (2004-06-25). "King Devil". Landscape Nature Walks. Courtesy Web of Species at Wellesley College. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
For a time, King Devil and other European hawkweeds were used as an herbal remedy for healing eyesight. Pliny reported, in ancient Greece, that hawks ate it to see better.
- ^ Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University. "Yellow Hawkweed - Hieracium pratense". Weed List. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ Robert H. Callihan; Timothy W. Miller. "Meadow Hawkweed". Idaho's Noxious Weeds. The Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ Don Knoke, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. "Vascular Plants: Hieracium caespitosum". WTU Image Collection: Plants of Washington. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- ^ Utah-Idaho Cooperative Weed Management Area. "Meadow Hawkweed". Noxious and Invading Weeds of the UICWMA. Archived from the original on 2007-08-19. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
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Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist, North Carolina State University. "Hieracium pratense = Hieracium caespitosum". Plant Fact Sheets. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Cohesive Strategy Team. "Species: Hieracium caespitosum; Meadow hawkweed complex". Cohesive Strategy Team Data. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- Harvard Graduate School of Design. "E*view Hieracium pratense". Emergent Vegetation of the Urban Ecosystem. Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- Flora of North America. "Hieracium caespitosum in Flora of North America". Vol. 19, 20 and 21. pp. Page 278, 280, 284. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- "Pilosella caespitosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- "Hieracium caespitosum | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Pilosella caespitosa (Dumort.) P.D.Sell & C.West". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- "caespiticius (caespiticius, caespiticia, caespiticium)". Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226009193.
External links
Media related to Pilosella caespitosa at Wikimedia Commons- "Machinery That Every Logger Should Have". VanNatta Construction Equipment. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). "Standard Report Hieracium caespitosum". Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- "Dicots: Asteraceae, Hieracium caespitosum". TENN Vascular Plants - Database. Archived from the original on 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- Forest Pests of North America. "Meadow hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum". Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- Klinkenberg, Brian, ed. (2007). "Hieracium caespitosum". Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
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| Pilosella caespitosa |
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| Hieracium caespitosum |
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