Asteraceae

Spotted hawkweed

Hieracium maculatum Schrank

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Hieracium

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Spotted hawkweed (Hieracium maculatum) — FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (8)

Chinese: 斑叶山柳菊
Czech: Jestřábník skvrnitý
English: Spotted hawkweed
French: Épervière tachée
German: Geflecktes Habichtskraut
Japanese: ウズラバタンポポ
Macedonian: Дамчеста јастребинка
Welsh: Heboglys brith

Flowers

In flower: May to July (from 48 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Claude Pepin, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Frederick Nunley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Benoit Renaud, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Razza Mafoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: NotWith, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ivana Gilmozzi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification 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.