About Hieracium alpinum L.
Hieracium alpinum, commonly called the alpine hawkweed, is a Eurasian plant species. It belongs to the tribe Cichorieae in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe, and has also been recorded in Greenland. It is a low-growing herb that reaches up to 25 cm (9.8 in) in height. Most of its leaves grow in a rosette at the base of the plant. The leaves are lance-shaped and can grow up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long. One flowering stalk usually produces only a single flower head, though it may occasionally produce 2 or 3 heads. Each flower head holds 80 to 120 yellow ray florets, and does not produce any disc flowers.
