Hieracium nudicaule

Naked-stemmed hawkweed

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Naked-stemmed hawkweed is a California native perennial found in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains and Cascade Range in openings of chaparral and conifer forest at elevations of 1,800 to 3,500 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces yellow flowers in heads 5 to 12 clustered on branched peduncles. Growing with simple stems 20 to 50 centimeters tall that are initially hairy near the base and generally glabrous toward the top, it forms a sparse, upright profile. Its leaves are primarily basal, lance-shaped and 5 to 12 centimeters long, with surfaces covered in long branched hairs and edges that are nearly entire or minutely toothed. The fruit is 2.5 to 3 millimeters long with a white or straw-colored pappus.

Habitat: Openings in chaparral and conifer forest

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 1800-3500 m

Bioregions: CaRH, SNH

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.