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Range of Hieracium canadense throughout Asia
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Range of Hieracium canadense throughout Europe
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Range of Hieracium canadense throughout North America
Hieracium umbellatum (commonly called Hieracium canadense), the Canadian hawkweed, Canada hawkweed, narrowleaf hawkweed, or northern hawkweed, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
Hieracium umbellatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Hieracium |
Species: | H. umbellatum
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Binomial name | |
Hieracium umbellatum | |
Global country-level distribution | |
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It is native to most of the temperate parts of the northern hemisphere.[5]
Its pointed leaves have toothed margins, where the teeth can appear almost hooked. The flowers of the plant are yellow.
There are many named infraspecific taxa of Hieracium umbellatum: