orange hawkweed

noun

1. a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.

Word History and Origins

Origin of orange hawkweed¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

But that was changing: He pointed to butter-and-eggs, oxeye daisies, bellflowers, tufted vetch, hemp nettle, spotted jewelweed, creeping Charlie, common tansy, orange hawkweed.

From New York Times

Originally from Europe, orange hawkweed has spread across vast tracts of North America, from New York to Alaska, according to a 2010 paper by the U.S.

From Wall Street Journal

In upland meadows the orange hawkweed is afoot, waving its delirious-colored “paint brush” wantonly amid the pasture grass in the light hours, but folding it at sunset, no sipper of the dews.

From Project Gutenberg

The orange hawkweed is very fragrant, and its sweetness mixed with the spicy bitterness of the daisies.

From Project Gutenberg

His daisies, his buttercups, his orange hawkweed, his yarrow, his meadow-rue, serve my purpose better than they do his.

From Project Gutenberg