Plants Profile for Picris hieracioides (hawkweed oxtongue)

General Information
Symbol:	PIHI
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Asteraceae
Duration:	Biennial Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN I HI I L48 I,N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 311. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae – Aster family
Genus	Picris L. – oxtongue
Species	Picris hieracioides L. – hawkweed oxtongue

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 2 subspecies of Picris hieracioides . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Native

Introduced

Native and Introduced

Distribution of <i>Picris hieracioides</i> L. ssp. <i>hieracioides </i>

Picris hieracioides ssp. hieracioides
hawkweed oxtongue

Distribution of <i>Picris hieracioides</i> L. ssp. <i>kamtschatica</i> (Ledeb.) Hultén

Picris hieracioides ssp. kamtschatica
hawkweed oxtongue

Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Washington hawkweed oxtongue Class B noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Picris hieracioides hawkweed oxtongue This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status