Hieracium gronovii

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Hieracium gronovii, South Run Park powerline.jpg

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| status = G5

| status_system = TNC

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| genus = Hieracium

| species = gronovii

| authority = L. 1753

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-38420 The Plant List, Hieracium gronovii Willd ex L. ]

| synonyms =

• Hieracium hondurense S.F.Blake
• Hieracium minarum Standl. & Steyerm.
• Hieracium panamense S.F.Blake
• Stenotheca gronovii (L.) Sennikov
• Hieracium domingense Zahn[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=216998-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditSimplePlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_wholeName%3DHieracium%2Bdomingense%2B%26output_format%3Dnormal The International Plant Names Index, Hieracium domingense Zahn]

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Hieracium gronovii, commonly known as queendevil,{{PLANTS|id=HIGR3|taxon=Hieracium gronovii|accessdate=23 July 2015}} hairy hawkweed,{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.161303/Hieracium_gronovii |website=explorer.natureserve.org}} beaked hawkweed,{{cite web |title=Beaked Hawkweed |url=https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/beaked-hawkweed |website=Missouri Department of Conservation |language=en}} and Gronovius' hawkweed,{{cite web |title=Gronovius' Hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii) |url=https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/gronov_hawkweedx.htm |website=www.illinoiswildflowers.info}} is a North American plant species in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is common and widespread across much of the continent from Ontario south as far as Florida, the Dominican Republic, and Panama.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Hieracium%20gronovii.png Biota of North America Program 2004 county distribution map]Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, PanamaGarcía-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad UniversitariaNelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa.[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100124548 photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Dominican Republic in 1967] The plant can be found in rocky, dry, open woods and in fields.

Hieracium gronovii is an herb up to {{convert|80|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall, with a hairy stem rising from a rosette of basal leaves. The basal leaves are up to {{convert |8|in|cm|0|order=flip|abbr=on|}} long and are broadly obovate in shape. Leaves on the stem are alternate and smaller. The base of the stem is hairier than the upper stem. The upper stem also has fewer, smaller leaves. The flowers, blooming May to October, are yellow and small, up to {{convert |8|mm|in|1|abbr=on|}} across.{{cite book |last=Denison |first=Edgar |title=Missouri Wildflowers |date=2017 |publisher=Conservation Commission of the State of Missouri |isbn=978-1-887247-59-7 |page=147 |edition=Sixth}}