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White-flowered Hawkweed Plant Care
Hieracium albiflorum Hook.
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Hieracium albiflorum, known by the names white hawkweed and white-flowered hawkweed, is a common and widespread species of plant in the family Asteraceae.
Full sun to partial shade
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How do you care for White-flowered Hawkweed?
White-flowered Hawkweed grows best in full sun to partial shade.
What Is the White-flowered Hawkweed?
White-flowered Hawkweed (Hieracium albiflorum) belongs to the Asteraceae family within the Hieracium genus. White-flowered Hawkweed is also known as Chlorocrepis albiflora, Pilosella albiflora, Hieracium vancouverianum.
White-flowered Hawkweed displays a low rosette, clumping growth habit, reaching up to tall with a spread of approximately . White-flowered Hawkweed produces small yellow clustered flowers in flat-topped clusters.
What Light Does the White-flowered Hawkweed Need?
White-flowered Hawkweed thrives in full sun to partial shade.
Light Requirement
Full sun to partial shade
What Soil Mix Works Best for a White-flowered Hawkweed?
Well-draining loamy soil with added organic matter. Good drainage is essential for White-flowered Hawkweed to prevent waterlogging, which leads to root rot and fungal issues.
How Do You Repot a White-flowered Hawkweed?
Repot every 1-2 years in early spring. Choose a pot one size larger than the current container, and ensure it has drainage holes to allow excess water to escape.
How Do You Propagate a White-flowered Hawkweed?
White-flowered Hawkweed can be propagated through seeds, division of offsets. Similar propagation techniques also apply to crepis-seeded hawkweed plant care, which shares the same genus.
Is the White-flowered Hawkweed Toxic to Pets and Children?
Pet safety not verified
The ASPCA does not list White-flowered Hawkweed, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Keep pets from chewing it as a precaution.
This is a general caution, not veterinary or medical advice. If your pet ate a plant, contact your vet or animal poison control.
See all plants toxic to cats and plants toxic to dogs.
What Pests and Diseases Affect the White-flowered Hawkweed?
White-flowered Hawkweed is susceptible to aphids, spider mites, leaf miners. Inspect the foliage regularly, especially along leaf undersides and stems. Treat infestations promptly with insecticidal soap or neem oil to prevent spread.
Yellow leaves, brown tips or drooping? See common plant problems and how to fix them.
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White-flowered Hawkweed is one of many species covered in the complete plant care and identification guide, which groups plants by genus, attribute, and popularity.
It belongs to the Hieracium genus — compare its care with other Hieracium species on PlantoScan.
Hieracium is part of the Asteraceae plant family — browse all Asteraceae genera and species.
White-flowered Hawkweed thrives in bright light and direct sun — see other bright-light plants.
More Hieracium Species
Other Hieracium species in PlantoScan's care catalogue share similar watering, light, and soil preferences:
Sources
- Scientific name & taxonomy: Hieracium albiflorum Hook., family Asteraceae (first published in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1(6): 298 (1833)) — World Flora Online record, IPNI name record.
- Pet toxicity: Pet safety not verified: the ASPCA does not list White-flowered Hawkweed, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Checked against the ASPCA plant list; any other toxicity note on this page comes from PlantoScan's plant database.
- Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons — original.
- Care values(watering, light, temperature, humidity, soil, fertilizing): PlantoScan's plant database, filtered by automatic plausibility checks — values that fail them are hidden. How we source and check plant data.
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