Hieracium umbellatum
Species of flowering plant
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Hieracium |
| Species: | H. umbellatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Hieracium umbellatum | |
| Global country-level distribution | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
It is native to most of the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere.[5]
Description
Its pointed leaves have toothed margins, where the teeth can appear almost hooked. The flowers of the plant are yellow.
- Mature plant
- Budding, flowering, and fruiting
- Zygaena moth visiting the flower
Infraspecific synonyms

There are many named infraspecific taxa of Hieracium umbellatum:
- Hieracium canadense Michx. forma lepagei Vict.
- Hieracium canadense Michx. forma pilosius Lepage
- Hieracium canadense Michx. forma rufescens Lepage
- Hieracium canadense Michx. var. angustifolium Torr. & A.Gray p.p.
- Hieracium canadense Michx. var. columbianum (Rydb.) H. St.John
- Hieracium canadense Michx. var. divaricatum Lepage
- Hieracium canadense Michx. var. fasciculatum (Pursh) Fernald
- Hieracium canadense Michx. var. hirtirameum Fernald
- Hieracium canadense Michx. var. kalmii (L.) Scoggan
- Hieracium canadense Michx. var. latifolium Torr. & A.Gray
- Hieracium canadense Michx. var. scabrum Schwein.
- Hieracium canadense Michx. var. subintegrum Lepage
- Hieracium kalmii L. var. canadense (Michx.) Reveal
- Hieracium kalmii L. var. fasciculatum (Pursh) Lepage
- Hieracium kalmii L. var. subintegrum (Lepage) Lepage
- Hieracium scabriusculum Schwein. forma chrysostylum Lepage
- Hieracium scabriusculum Schwein. forma phaeostylum Lepage
- Hieracium scabriusculum Schwein. forma xanthostylum Lepage
- Hieracium scabriusculum Schwein. var. columbianum (Rydb.) Lepage
- Hieracium scabriusculum Schwein. var. perhirsutum Lepage
- Hieracium scabriusculum Schwein. var. saximontanum Lepage
- Hieracium scabriusculum Schwein. var. scabrum (Schwein.) Lepage
- Hieracium subnudum L. var. canadense (Michx.)(Michx.) DC.
- Hieracium sylvaticum Salisb., nom. illeg. hom., non (L.) L.
- Hieracium umbellatum L. subsp. canadense (Michx.) Guppy
- Hieracium umbellatum L. subsp. scabriusculum (Schwein.) Á. & D. Löve
- Hieracium umbellatum L. var. canadense (Michx.) Breitung
- Hieracium umbellatum L. var. commune Fr.
- Hieracium umbellatum L. var. coronopifolium Bernh. ex Kom.
- Hieracium umbellatum L. var. mongolicum Fr.
- Hieracium umbellatum L. var. scabriusculum (Schwein.) Farw.[2]
- Hieracium laevigatum subsp. canadense (Michx.) Zahn
- Hieracium umbellatum L. var. canadense (Michx.) Breitung[6]
- Hieracium canadense Michx. var. canadense
- Hieracium canadense Michx. var. fasciculatum (Pursh) Fernald
- Hieracium scabriusculum Schwein. var. columbianum (Rydb.) Lepage[7]
- Hieracium umbellatum subsp. monticola (Jord.) Nyman[4]