Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum or Pilosella aurantiaca)
Wild Flowers of Sleepy Hollow Lake
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"And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.
And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day" (Genesis 1:31)
(Hawkweed, Orange - 01) Orange hawkweed are a native of
the alpine regions of Europe that was
transplanted to North America, where in can be found in the northern United
States, including Alaska, and southern Canada. Orange hawkweed is a member of
the aster family (Asteraceae). |
(Hawkweed, Orange - 01a) Each flower head of the orange hawkweed is about 3/4 of
an inch across. The bloom is really a composite of many over lapping concentric
circles of individual ray flowers. The petals are flat at the terminal end with
five points that somewhat resemble a 5-tined fork. |
(Hawkweed, Orange - 01b) This is a bee's eye view of the many of the individual
flowers, with their stamens and pistils, that make up the bloom of the orange
hawkweed. |
(Hawkweed, Orange - 02) This is another view of the terminal cluster of flowers
on the long stem of the orange hawkweed. Cattle would not eat the orange
hawkweed growing in their pastures because of the hairy nature of this wild
flower, thus farmers called it the devil's paintbrush, because if ruined good
pasture land. We can also look at this flower in another way; if we ate only a
plant food diet, as God originally intended, then we could enjoy both the
beautiful animals and wildflowers living together in the fields. |
(Hawkweed, Orange - 02a) From our own observations of this beautiful wildflower,
it appears that the outer ray flowers are male and the inner flowers are female.
Note that the outer flowers of the orange hawkweed have curled stamens with
pollen grains, and that the inner flowers have Y-shaped pistils. Also note that
each flower has two petals, a longer bottom one and a shorter upper one, with
the stamen or pistil protruding out from between them. |
(Hawkweed, Orange - 03) This is another view of the terminal cluster of orange
hawkweed flowers that we found growing in a planter on our sun deck in Greene
County, New York, a county that had no previous reports of having this beautiful
wildflower. |
(Hawkweed, Orange - 04) This is another orange hawkweed that is just beginning
to bloom. Other flower buds can be seen poking out from behind the flower.
Orange hawkweed can grow to heights of about two feet. |
(Hawkweed, Orange - 05) We took this photo of the orange hawkweed because of the
contrast in the coloration between the sunlit and shaded portions of the flower. |
(Hawkweed, Orange - 06) This is another look at the terminal cluster of blooms
on the orange hawkweed. |
(Hawkweed, Orange - 07) There are two orange hawkweed plants growing in this pot
on our deck. These wild flowers reproduce in two ways: connectively in the
ground through their fibrous roots and shallow rhizomes, and through their
wind-dispersed seeds. |
(Hawkweed, Orange - 08) The orange
hawkweed has a basal rosette of elliptical to lanceolate leaves 5–20 cm
long and 1–3 cm broad. The flowering stem is usually leafless or with
just one or two small leaves. The stem and leaves are covered with short
stiff hairs. |
(Hawkweed, Orange - 08a) This is a closer look at the hairy leaves and stem of
the orange hawkweed. In the upper portion of the photo, we can see a small stem
leaf. In the bottom of the photo, we can see a new stem with a terminal cluster
of buds starting to grow. |
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