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Hieracium maculatum |
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| Common name |
spotted hawkweed |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-9) |
| Flowers |
yellow (summer) |
| Size |
12" |
| Light |
full sun |
From seed  |
germinates at room temperature, at least in my experience.
Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
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Rosettes of deep grey-green foliage mottled with purple-bronze. The yellow flowers resemble dandelions. Not the most robust plants, in my limited experience - two of ours just died shortly after blooming, without being particularly stressed with over- or under-watering. The rest died later in the season.
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| | The seedheads behave and look like those of dandelions, too! |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: side garden About my plant portraits
Some helpful links to other websites | The Plants database | some plant info, and a picture of the foliage (click on the small image to see a larger one) |
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Jeff Burke | May 09, 2008 | I bought a plant for $12, and they needed little push to produce dozens and dozens of plants, germinated with no help from me. Have become a dedicated deadheader.I live in Z5, in a river valley (clay) in an area prone to low rainfall.
My description: not fussy. |
- Seed from '04 HPS/MAG exchange. Baggy 35F (5w; 8%G, 4-5w) - 70F (2%G, 3d)
- Same seed. Baggy 70F (18%G, 8-12d)
Neither method gave high germination, but the plain room temperature approach gave best results.
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October 17, 2004
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