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Hieracium aurantiacum

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Authors: L.  

Botanical Description

Pilosella aurantiaca). Colony-forming, spreading by stolons, 20-40cm tall, sometimes more. Leaves mainly basal, 10-20cm long, lanceolate. Flowerheads 1.5cm across, orange-brown to red, in dense terminal clusters of three to eight or more, mid to late summer. Northern and central Europe, mainly in the mountains, usually on acid soils.