# Wall hawkweed

*Hieracium murorum*

Wall hawkweed reproduces largely through apomixis, forming viable seeds without fertilization, which creates genetically identical clones of the parent plant.

- **Taxonomy:** Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae › Hieracium
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** forest
- **Habitat:** Open deciduous and coniferous woodlands, forest clearings, rocky slopes, old stone walls, and dry meadows
- **Diet:** Autotroph
- **Range:** Europe, Western Asia, Caucasus, North America (introduced)
- **Size:** Stem height 20–60 cm; leaf rosette 10–25 cm wide
- **Lifespan:** 3–10 yr
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Habitat loss from dense canopy closure, urban development, and outcompetition by invasive plants in parts of its native range
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless. Wall hawkweed possesses no thorns, stinging hairs, or dangerous toxins. Handling the plant is safe, though its milky latex sap may cause mild skin or eye irritation in sensitive individuals; wash exposed skin with water if contact occurs.

## About

Hieracium murorum , wall hawkweed is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to Europe and naturalized in some of the colder regions of North America.

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/f569f536-45ce-4863-b608-ea110f9174bd
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/163793
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieracium murorum
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/396844472/medium.jpeg (Tom Norton, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.