Hieracium alpinum

Hieracium alpinum, the alpine hawkweed, is a Eurasian plant species in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe,^[1] and has also been found in Greenland.^[2]

Hieracium alpinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Hieracium
Species:	H. alpinum
Binomial name
Hieracium alpinum L. 1753
Synonyms
Hieracium angmagssalikense Omang Hieracium crispum Elfstr. Hieracium pumilum Hoppe ex Willd. Hieracium augusti-bayeri (Zlatník) Chrtek f. Hieracium gymnogenum (Zahn) Üksip Hieracium tubulosum (Tausch) Tausch

Hieracium alpinum is an herb up to 25 cm (9.8 in) tall, with leaves mostly in a rosette at the bottom. Leaves are lance-shaped, up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long. One stalk will usually produce only one flower head, though occasionally 2 or 3. Each head has 80-120 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.^[3]