Pilosella aurantiaca, Hieracium aurantiacum, SE: Rödfibbla,
DE: Orangerotes Habichtskraut, NL: Oranje havikskruid,
UK: Fox-and-cubs, Orange hawkweed

Scientific name:		Pilosella aurantiaca (L.) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip
Synonym name:		Hieracium aurantiacum L.
Swedish name:		Rödfibbla
German name:		Orangerotes Habichtskraut
Nederlandse naam:		Oranje havikskruid
English name:		Fox-and-cubs, Orange hawkweed
Family:		Asteraceae, Sunflower family, Korgblommiga växter

Life form:		Perennial herb
Stems:		30–70cm (12–30 in.), stems with blackish hairs.
Leaves:		Basal rosette, lanceolate, or spatulate
Flowers:		Usually 1.5–2 cm (0.6–0.8 in.) wide, in tight clusters of up to ten flowers and composed of ray florets only.
Flowering Period:		June, July
Fruits:		Achene, round, grooved, 1.5–2.5 mm (0.06–0.1 in.) long, tipped with off-white–light brown unbranched hairs.
Habitat:		Meadows, shores, ditches, pastures, grazing land, meadows, rocky outcrops, forest margins, lawns, paths, parks, fell tundra.
Distribution:		In northern Sweden: in meadows and meadow birch forests in the mountain regions. In southern Sweden: parks, lawns and roadsides.

Derivation of the botanical name: Pilosella Latin Pilosus, hairy. aurantiaca, Latin aurantiacus golden yellow, referring to the center of the yellow-orange colored flowers. Hieracium, Greek hierax, a hawk, from the fanciful tale that hawks sharpened their sight by anointing their eyes with the juice of one or other of the plants so named: Hawkeyed. 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 F.W.Schultz is used to indicate Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804 – 1876), a German pharmacist and botanist. The standard author abbreviation Schultz-Bip. is used to indicate Carl Heinrich 'Bipontinus' Schultz (1805 – 1867)), a German physician and botanist, and a brother to botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz.