| Hieracium megacephalum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Hieracium |
| Species: | H. megacephalum |
| Binomial name | |
| Hieracium megacephalum Nash 1895 | |
| Synonyms [1] [2] | |
Hieracium megacephalonNash | |
Hieracium megacephalum, the coastal plain hawkweed or bigheaded hawkweed, [3] 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. [4]
Hieracium megacephalum is an herb up to 40 cm (16 in) tall, with leaves on the stem and also in a rosette at the bottom. Leaves are up to 120 mm (4.7 in) 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. [5]
