Flowers in Sweden: Northern Hawkweed

Hieracium umbellatum, Hieracium canadense, SE:Flockfibbla,
DE:Doldige Habichtskraut, NL: Schermhavikskruid,
UK: Canada Hawkweed, Narrowleaf Hawkweed, Northern Hawkweed


Scientific name:		Hieracium umbellatum L.
Synonym name:		Hieracium canadense Michx.
Swedish name:		Flockfibbla, nolanabber
German name:		Doldige Habichtskraut Schermhavikskruid, Canada Hawkweed, Narrowleaf Hawkweed , Northern Hawkweed
Nederlandse naam:		Schermhavikskruid
English name:		Canada Hawkweed, Narrowleaf Hawkweed , Northern Hawkweed
Plant Family:		Asteraceae / Compositae, Korgblommiga växter

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Life form:		Perennial herb
Stems:		Flower stalks are covered in fine short hairs,; tingued with red, lower stem may be finely hairy or smooth, waxy in part, hairs becoming short and fine towards the tips.
Leaves:		Alternate, usually with many rough hairs especially at the edges and with long hairs beneath, bases narrow but usually not clasping the stem
Flowers:		Loose, branched cluster of yellow flowers
Flowering Period:		June, July, August
Fruits:		Dry seeds that ripens to black, with a tuft of light brown hair to carry it off in the wind.
Habitat:		Forest, thickets, settlements

Derivation of the botanical name:
Hieracium from ancient Greek hierax, "a hawk". Pliny the Elder (23-79 CE) believed that hawks fed on this plant to strengthen their eyesight and thus it became the Greek and Latin name for this and similar plants, called hawkweed.
umbellatum, umbella, "umbrella", like umbels or umbrella-like flower heads. Literally: a little shadow.

The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
The standard author abbreviation Michx. is used to indicate André Michaux (1746 – 1803), a French botanist and explorer.