Asteraceae
Alpine hawkweed
Hieracium alpinum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Hieracium
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Common names
By language (6)
- Czech
- Jestřábník alpský
- English
- Alpine hawkweed
- Finnish
- Tunturikeltano
- French
- Épervière des Alpes
- German
- Alpen-Habichtskraut
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Fjellsveve, Hierácium alpinum, Hierácium alpínum
Synonyms
- Hieracium alpinum subsp. anzascae
- Hieracium alpinum subsp. glandulicaule
- Hieracium crispum Elfstr.
- Hieracium pumilum Hoppe ex Willd.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trybus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.