Hieracium alpinum, the alpine hawkweed, is a Eurasian plant species in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe,Altervista Flora Italiana, Sparviere alpino, Hieracium alpinum L. includes photos, drawings, and European distribution map and has also been found in Greenland.Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
Hieracium alpinum is an herb up to tall, with leaves mostly in a rosette at the bottom. Leaves are lance-shaped, up to long. One stalk will usually produce only one flower head, though occasionally 2 or 3. Each head has 80-120 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.Flora of North America, Hieracium alpinum Linnaeus, 1753.
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