hawkweed

[ hawk-weed ]

/ ˈhɔkˌwid /

any composite plant of the genus Hieracium, usually bearing yellow flowers.

any of various related plants.

Origin of hawkweed

1555–65; translation of New Latin, Latin hierācium < Greek hierāk, stem of hiérāx hawk + Latin -ium -ium; see weed¹

A little screen of leaves of the hawkweed permits only the rim of one edge of the nest to be seen.

Under the Maples |John Burroughs
A boy, about seven years old, was leading a kid by a chain, letting it crop the flowers of the hawkweed in the grass.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 |Various
The Greeks considered the Hawkweed a holy plant, inasmuch as it was dedicated to the use of a bird they held sacred.

Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics |Richard Folkard
It was placed high and dry on a tussock in a flaming patch of hawkweed.

In the Open |Stanton Davis Kirkham

Dandelions, buttercups, hawkweed looked much as ours do at home.

Our Hundred Days in Europe |Oliver Wendell Holmes

hawkweed

/ (ˈhɔːkˌwiːd) /

any typically hairy plant of the genus Hieracium, with clusters of dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)