Common Name: orange hawkweed, devil's paintbrushScientific Name: Hieracium aurantiacum L.Family Name: Asteraceae (Compositae) - Aster or Sunflower FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed, rhizomes, and sometimes stolons Stemsreproductive scapes, coarse, hairy, occasional leaf near base, leafless above Leavesoblanceolate to oblong leaves, hairy above and below, prominent white mid-vein (most apparent near base), rosette Flowersheads of bright orange to red (ligulate) florets, ray flower toothed ends; head clusters Other: contains milky sap