Hieracium venosum|rattlesnake weed|Asteraceae

Hieracium venosum.Eleanor Saulys.www.ct-botanical-society.org

Hieracium venosum is a perennial herb, sap milky, stems 20-80 cm tall, usually hairless.

Leaves mostly basal, 3-16 cm long, including stalk, 0.8-5 cm wide, elliptic to widest above middle, midrib and veins reddish-purple, very conspicuous, blade often purplish on underside, long-hairy along margin and near base; stem leaves 0-3, small.

Flowers yellow, all rays, 15-40 per head, bracteate base of flower heads 0.7-1 cm long; blooms May-July.

Fruit dry, 1-seeded achenes, 0.3-0.4 cm narrow near top.

Wetland status: UPL.

Frequency in NYC: Very infrequent.

Origin: Native.

Habitat: Open, dry woods. Usually on banks where leaves do not accumulate.

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Hieracium venosum rattlesnake weed Asteraceae HIVE; Bx, pb (DeCandido 2001); R (DeCandido 2001);