Common Name: hawkweed, yellow devil, yellow paintbrush, field hawkweed, king devilScientific Name: Hieracium pratense TauschFamily 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 Flowershead of bright yellow ray (ligulate) florets, ray flower toothed ends; head clusters