Hieracium pringlei

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| genus = Hieracium

| species = pringlei

| authority = A.Gray 1883

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-116127 The Plant List, Hieracium pringlei A. Gray ]

| synonyms =

  • Hieracium jaliscense var. eriobium Zahn
  • Hieracium jaliscense var. ghiesbreghtii B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
  • Hieracium jaliscense var. guatemalense Sleumer
  • Stenotheca pringlei (A.Gray) Sennikov

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Hieracium pringlei, common name Pringle's hawkweed,{{PLANTS|id=HIPR2|taxon=Hieracium pringlei|accessdate=23 July 2015}} is a North American plant species in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico with additional populations in Guatemala, Arizona, and New Mexico.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Hieracium%20pringlei.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]Beaman, J. H. 1990. Revision of Hieracium (Asteraceae) in Mexico and Central America. Systematic Botany Monographs 29: 59.

Hieracium pringlei is an herb up to {{convert|45|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall with woolly hairs, with leaves both on the stem and in a rosette at the bottom. Leaves are up to {{convert|200|mm|in|abbr=on}} long, hairy, occasionally with teeth on the edges. One stalk can produce 3-20 flower heads in a flat-topped array. Each head has 12-15 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066953 Flora of North America, Hieracium pringlei A. Gray, 1883. ]

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