White Hawkweed Hieracium albiflorum Aster family (Asteraceae)
White Hawkweed (Hieracium albiflorum) commonly occurs through the Rockies and through all the Pacific coast states. It is a tall lanky plant with small white flowers in an open, airy spread. Hieracium is the classical name given to various composite flowers in the Mediterranean area; the word is derived from the Greek word for "Falcon," and the plants are still commonly called "Hawkweeds." This species of Hawkweed was first collected for science by the eminent botanist, naturalist, and explorer, Thomas Drummond in the Canadian Rockies.
plant with stems to 2' tall, leafy below and nearly leafless above, hairy below and above. 1-5" long and to 2" wide, petioled, to , hairy. Stem leaves , , less hairy. Flowerheads numerous in spreading, open clusters. about 1/3" high, or sparsely hairy. only, white to light yellow, finely at the squared-off tips. hairs tawny, sometimes white. a cylindrical .
