Orange Hawkweed
Hieracium aurantiacum
This European introduction from the Sunflower family (Asteraceae) provides a showy splash of color to Wisconsin's roadsides and fields.  Farmers often view it as a troublesome weed and call it Devil's Pintbrush.  The name Hawkweed derives from an erroneous folk belief that hawks ate the flowers to aid their vision
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