![]() The plant has long and rather large roots, with many small fibers thereat. The plant prefers well-drained, coarse-textured, and low-nutrient soil. They are also found in lowland areas, especially along highways and roadsides. The plant is found growing in mostly in open fields, mountain meadows, forest clearings, permanent pastures, cleared timber units, abandoned farmland, roadsides, waste areas and other disturbed areas. Hawkweed is a small, hardy, perennial herb that grows about (4-36 inches) (10 centimeters- 1 meter) tall. Fruit and seeds of these perennials are an important source of food for animals ranging from the large yellow under wing moth to the common rabbit. ![]() Hawkweeds are fertilized by several types of moths, including the lime-speck pug, the Hebrew character and the dot moth. ![]() Gardeners and landscapers consider hawkweed to be a troublesome plant, but these weeds play an important role in the environment. The plant is mostly useful in alleviating head and chest congestion and works similarly as a bronchodilator in asthma that has been triggered by environmental particulates. vulgatum in 1819, so the older name is to be used. vulgatum but more recent research indicated that the two names represented the same species. The species was widely known for many years as H. Few of the popular common names of the plant are hawkweed, Greenland hawkweed, royal hawkweed, Yellow Hawkweed, Veiny-leaved hawkweed, Rattlesnake weed, Striped Woodwort, devil’s paintbrush, golden lungwort, mouse-ear, rattlesnake weed, shaggy, orange, or narrow-leaved hawkweed. The plant is native to Europe but has been recognized as a weed in Australia and parts of North America. It is a species of plants in the genus of the sunflower family Asteraceae, and closely related to dandelion, chicory, prickly lettuce and sow thistle, which are part of the tribe Cichorieae. Hieracium lachenalii commonly known as Common hawkweed, Greenland hawkweed, royal hawkweed, is a woodland perennial which makes its home in fields and on roadsides.
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