Hieracium scouleri, known as Scouler's woollyweed, is a species of flowering plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to western North America, from British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, and south to northern California and Utah in the United States.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapCalflora taxon report, University of California, Hieracium scouleri Hook., Hounds tongue hawkweed, Houndstongue hawkweed, Scouler's hawkweed, Scouler's woollyweed Turner Photographics, Hieracium scouleri - Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest photos, description, partial distribution map
Description Hieracium scouleri grows in a variety of mountainous habitats. It produces a basal rosette of long, narrow leaves long, which are generally hairy to bristly. The plant produces an erect stem tall which bears the inflorescence. Each flower head has large, curling bracts with glandular hairs or bristles, long, bright yellow ray florets but no disc florets. The achene is about long.Flora of North America, Hieracium scouleri Hooker, 1833.
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Jepson Manual Treatment Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California Oregon Flora Image Project, University of Hawai'i