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Asteraceae

Woolly hawkweed

Hieracium triste Willd. ex Spreng.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Hieracium

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Woolly hawkweed: Slender Hawkweed
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Woolly hawkweed

Synonyms

  • Chlorocrepis tristis (Willd. ex Spreng.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Chlorocrepis tristis subsp. gracilis (Hook.) W.A.Weber
  • Chlorocrepis tristis subsp. tristis
  • Hieracium arcticum Froel.
  • Hieracium gracile Hook.
  • Hieracium gracile subvar. densifloccum Zahn
  • Hieracium gracile var. alaskanum Zahn
  • Hieracium gracile var. densifloccum (Zahn) Cronquist
  • Hieracium gracile var. detonsum (A.Gray) A.Gray
  • Hieracium gracile var. gracile
  • Hieracium gracile var. yukonense A.E.Porsild
  • Hieracium triste subsp. gracile (Hook.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
  • Hieracium triste subsp. triste
  • Hieracium triste var. detonsum A.Gray
  • Hieracium triste var. fulvum Hultén
  • Hieracium triste var. gracile (Hook.) A.Gray
  • Hieracium triste var. triste
  • Hieracium triste var. tristiforme Zahn
  • Stenotheca tristis (Willd. ex Spreng.) Schljakov

Characteristics

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

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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.