Pilosella caespitosa (Dum.) P.D. Sell & C. West

Locations ofPilosella caespitosa (Dum.) P.D. Sell & C. West in Virginia

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Family
Asteraceae
Botanical Name
Pilosella caespitosa (Dum.) P.D. Sell & C. West
Common Name
Meadow Hawkweed, Yellow King-devil
Synonym(s)
Hieracium caespitosum Dumort.
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Pilosella caespitosa (Dum.) P.D. Sell & C. West
Comments
This species has been traditionally treated as Hieracium caespitosum but has been reassigned to the segregate genus Pilosella based on molecular, morphological, and biological evidence; see Flora of the Southeastern U.S. (Weakley et al. 2023) for more details.
Habitat
Fields, pastures, roadsides, and clearings; occasionally in disturbed upland forests. Common in the mountains and Piedmont; infrequent in the Coastal Plain.
Native Status
Introduced

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