Pilosella floribunda

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae}} {{Speciesbox | image = Hieracium floribundum 1 (5097296301).jpg | genus = Pilosella | species = floribunda | authority = (Wimmer & Grab) Fr.<ref name=POWO_60456678-2/> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO_60456678-2/> | synonyms = {{Species list |Hieracium apatorium|(Nägeli & Peter) Üksip |Hieracium arvicola subsp. apatorium| |Hieracium assimilatum|Norrl. |Hieracium × atramentarium|(Nägeli & Peter) Zahn |Hieracium auricula|L. |Hieracium baenitzii|(Nägeli & Peter) Üksip |Hieracium brachycephalum|Norrl. ex Nyman |Hieracium fennicum|Norrl. ex Vain. |Hieracium floribundum|Wimm. & Grab. |Hieracium fulvescens|(Nägeli & Peter) Üksip |Hieracium islandiciforme|(Dahlst.) Omang |Hieracium islandicum|Dahlst. |Hieracium ladogense|Norrl. |Hieracium limbatum|Brenner |Hieracium lobarzewskii|Rehmann |Hieracium longatum|(Peter) Üksip |Hieracium oeneo-roratum|Norrl. |Hieracium pubens|Norrl. |Hieracium regiomontanum|(Nägeli & Peter) Üksip |Hieracium spathophyllum|Nägeli & Peter |Hieracium subfloribundum|Dahlst. |Hieracium subpratense|Norrl. ex Nyman |Hieracium sudavicum|(Nägeli & Peter) Üksip |Hieracium svirense|Norrl. |Hieracium vitellinum|Norrl. |Pilosella assimilata|Norrl. |Pilosella atramentaria|(Nägeli & Peter) Soják |Pilosella auricula|(L.) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip. |Pilosella brachycephala|Norrl. |Pilosella fennica|(Nägeli & Peter) Soják (part) |Pilosella fennica|subsp. exorrhabda (Nägeli & Peter) Soják |Pilosella interrupta|Norrl. |Pilosella islandica|(Lange ex Grønlund) Á.Löve |Pilosella ladogensis|Norrl. |Pilosella lobarzewskii|(Rehmann) Soják |Pilosella subpratensis|Norrl. |Pilosella subpubens|Norrl. |Pilosella subswirensis|Norrl. |Pilosella suecica|(Fr.) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip. |Pilosella versicolor|Arv.-Touv. |Pilosella xanthostigma|Norrl. }} }}

'''''Pilosella floribunda''''' (synonym '''''Hieracium floribundum''''',<ref name=POWO_60456678-2/> also known as '''pale hawkweed''', '''smoothish hawkweed''',<ref name=ct>{{cite web|url=http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/hieraciumxflo.html|title=Pale Hawkweed (Smoothish Hawkweed) |publisher=Connecticut Botanical Society|accessdate=6 October 2012}}</ref> '''yellow hawkweed''',<ref name=oregon>{{cite web|url= http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/PLANT/WEEDS/pages/profile_yellowhawkweed.aspx|title=yellow hawkweed (hieracium floribundum)|publisher=Oregon.gov|accessdate=6 October 2012}}</ref> and '''yellow devil hawkweed'''<ref name=issg>{{cite web|url=http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=1341&lang=EN|title=Hieracium floribundum (herb)|publisher= Interim profile, incomplete information|accessdate=6 October 2012}}</ref>) is a species of noxious and herbaceous perennial plant from family Asteraceae that is known in Europe (particularly France)<ref name=issg/> and can also be found in United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HIFL3|title=Hieracium ×floribundum Wimm. & Grab. (pro sp.) [caespitosum × lactucella]|publisher=PLANTS Profile|access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref> It was believed that it was a hybrid of ''Pilosella caespitosa'' (''Hieracium caespitosum'' and ''Pilosella lactucella'' (''Hieracium lactucella'').<ref name=ct/>

==Description== The plant is {{convert|10|to|36|in}} tall. The flowers bloom from June to July, are clustered, and are {{convert|1/2|in}} wide. The leaves are hairy and spatula shaped.<ref name=oregon/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=POWO_60456678-2>{{cite web |title=''Pilosella floribunda'' <small>(Wimmer & Grab) Fr.</small> |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60456678-2 |accessdate=2019-01-28 }}</ref> }}

floribunda Category:Flora of Europe Category:Flora of Northern America