Rattlesnake Weed

Rattlesnake Weed
Hieracium venosum
The purple veined-leaves of rattlesnake weed are unmistakable. Yellow flowers bloom on a long, wiry stem (making it hard to get both flowers and leaves in focus in a single photograph).

Rattlesnake Weed [English]: Daucus pusillus
Rattlesnake Weed [English]: Chamaesyce albomarginata
Rattlesnake Weed [English]: Hieracium venosum
Rattlesnake-Master [English]: Eryngium yuccifolium
Rattlesnake-Master [English]: Manfreda virginica ...

One, Florida betony or rattlesnake weed (S. floridana), is a pernicious weed of southern lawns and gardens. Another (S. affinis) is cultivated in eastern Asia for its edible tubers, sometimes called Chinese artichokes.

In the fall the orange hawkweed, or devil's-paintbrush, the rattlesnake weed, and the king devil often turn whole fields a ruddy orange or yellow. Other species are red or white; a few are cultivated in rocky soil where other plants cannot grow.

See also: Rattlesnake