Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia
Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)
- Regional Noxious Weed
- fibrous-rooted perennial with milky juice and above ground runners
grows 30 to 60 cm tall; leaves mostly basal; leafless flowering stalk
covered with stiff, black, glandular hairs; vibrant orange-red flowers
- similar plants include yellow hawkweed (Hieracium pratense)
which has yellow flowers and meadow hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella),
also yellow-flowered but with only one flower head per stem
- over 15 hawkweed species occur in British Columbia. Most are yellow-flowered native plants
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Orange hawkweed with stiff, glandular hairs |
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Yellow hawkweed flower |
Orange Hawkweed - Integrated Weed Management (PDF 361KB)
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