Hieracium megacephalum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Coastal plain hawkweed (Hieracium megacephalon) (5480056421).jpg

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| genus = Hieracium

| species = megacephalum

| authority = Nash 1895

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2710500 Tropicos, Hieracium megacephalum Nash ][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-4322 The Plant List, Hieracium megacephalum Nash ]

| synonyms = Hieracium megacephalon Nash

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Hieracium megacephalum, the coastal plain hawkweed,{{PLANTS|id=HIME|taxon=Hieracium megacephalon|accessdate=23 July 2015}} is a North American plant species in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It grows only in the southeastern United States, in Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Hieracium%20megacephalon.png Biota of North America Program 2004 county distribution map]

Hieracium megacephalum is an herb up to {{convert|40|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall, with leaves on the stem and also in a rosette at the bottom. Leaves are up to {{convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on}} long, sometimes with teeth on the edges. One stalk can produce as many as 50 flower heads in a flat-topped array. Each head has 20–50 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066947 Flora of North America, Hieracium megacephalon Nash, 1895. ]