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orange hawkweed

American  

noun

  1. a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.


Etymology

Origin of orange hawkweed

First recorded in 1895–1900

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But that was changing: He pointed to butter-and-eggs, oxeye daisies, bellflowers, tufted vetch, hemp nettle, spotted jewelweed, creeping Charlie, common tansy, orange hawkweed.

From New York Times Jul. 28, 2021

His daisies, his buttercups, his orange hawkweed, his yarrow, his meadow-rue, serve my purpose better than they do his.

From Under the Maples by Burroughs, John

A fringe of harebells, of orange hawkweed and dwarf red sorrel bordered the road.

From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas

The orange hawkweed is very fragrant, and its sweetness mixed with the spicy bitterness of the daisies.

From A Northern Countryside by Richards, Rosalind

The achenes very closely resemble those of the orange hawkweed.

From Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 by Beal, W. J. (William James)

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