NOUN
- any of various plants of the genus Pilosella
- any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion
How To Use hawkweed In A Sentence
- Tall grassland is scattered with hawkweed, ragwort, wild carrot and melilot flowers, along with clumps of bird's-foot trefoil, lucerne and goat's rue, and there are regular uprisings of brambles and wild rose, and sprawls of sallow and birch scrub. Country Diary: Canvey Wick, Essex
- European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium.
- Purple gentians and orchids, blue scabious and harebells, orange hawkweeds, and cream and pink yarrow provide a kaleidoscope of colour to enjoy at the end of your walk.
- Other members of the hawkweed group include Common Cat's ear; there are also many hawkbits and hawksbeards, all of which have dandelion-like flowers.
- Orange hawkweed is the only species with orange flowers and a typically leafless stem.
- Tall grassland is scattered with hawkweed, ragwort, wild carrot and melilot flowers, along with clumps of bird's-foot trefoil, lucerne and goat's rue, and there are regular uprisings of brambles and wild rose, and sprawls of sallow and birch scrub. Country Diary: Canvey Wick, Essex
- In lawns, mowing of hawkweeds is ineffective because the low-lying rosettes are missed by mower blades.
- Lilacs, Canada anemone, orange hawkweed, blue-eyed grass, wild sarsaparilla, coralroot orchid in cedar-hemlock woods, hundreds of jack-in-the-pulpits along Hidden Bluff Trail.
- He has been studying hawkweed as a candidate for biocontrol.
- The grant will also assist in raising the profile of hawkweeds in the islands and engaging volunteers in hawkweed conservation efforts.