Connecticut Plants
Mouse-ear Hawkweed
Hieracium pilosella
Mouse-ear hawkweed is a colony-forming plant. Unbranched stalks carry solitary flowerheads. Leaves are white-woolly on the undersides.
- Synonyms: Pilosella officinarum
- Family: aster (Asteraceae)
- Habitat: fields, roadsides, waste places
- Height: 4-12 inches
- Flower size: flowerhead 1 inch across
- Flower color: yellow
- Flowering time: June to September
- Origin: Europe
