Hieracium /haɪ.əˈræsiəm/, known by the common name
hawkweed and classically as
hierakion (from ancient Greek ιεράξ,
hierax 'hawk'), is a genus of the sunflower (
Helianthus) family Asteraceae (or Compositae), and closely related to dandelion (
Taraxacum), chicory (
Cichorium), prickly lettuce (
Lactuca) and sow thistle (
Sonchus), which are part of the tribe Cichorieae. Hawkweeds, with their 10,000+ recorded species and subsp
(Wikipedia)