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- noun genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium
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Dense mats of hawkweeds (e.g. Hieracium pilosella) tend to take over in heavily grazed short-tussock grasslands, preventing any regeneration of native species.
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(Hieracium pilosella/Mouse-ear hawkweed.) THE MOUSE-EAR HAWKWEED tolerates soil that is nutrient-poor and is drought tolerant.
Botanical Guide to BorderXing: 10 Topographical Investigations, Part VIII 2005
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_Thaumantius pilosella_ and other members of the same genus, it is seen in buds at the base of tentacles given off from the margin of the swimming-bell.
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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