Definitive Series "Flowers" - Hawkweed - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 2019 - 270 Euro Cent

On wild grass heaps, sunny grasslands and pastures of the alpine and subalpine stage, cultivated also in rock gardens, the orange-red hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) thrives. Even from afar, the carpet of luminous flowers draws the eyes of the beholder. But not only man is attracted to hawkweed. In addition to various species of birds, a large variety of insects, which feed on the seeds of the plant, visit their brightly colored flowers. The perennial, herbaceous Habichtskraut species are perennial plants, the stature heights of a few five, but often reach from 20 to 150 centimeters. The color of the flowers that can be admired from May in North America and from June in Europe, varies from yellow, white yellow, yellow orange to orange and even purple. Her botanical name, given by Carl von Linné in 1753, is derived from the Greek word hierax for hawk or hawk. He probably goes back to the ends of the ray florets, which are said to resemble hawk wings.