Hieracium parryi

Parry's hawkweed, Parry's Hawkweed

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Parry's hawkweed is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges in open woodland and shrubby areas, particularly on serpentine soils, at elevations below 2,000 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces yellow flowers in dense clusters with 30 to 60 individual blooms arranged in flat-topped heads. Growing with erect stems 15 to 50 centimeters tall, it has long, glandular-hairy stems that are simple and upright. Its leaves are lance-elliptic to lanceolate, 3 to 8 centimeters long, predominantly basal and cauline, generally entire and covered with long hairs. The fruit is 2.5 to 3 millimeters long with a white pappus approximately 5 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Open woodland, shrubby areas, serpentine soils

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: < 2000 m

Bioregions: KR

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