1 "Ligule white or orange" 2
1 "Ligule yellow" 3
2 "Ligule white; stolons 0; native of forests" "Hieracium albiflorum"
2 "Ligule orange; stolons present; weed of disturbed sites" "Hieracium aurantiacum"
3 "Leaf glabrous on 1 or both faces" 4
3 "Leaf +- hairy on faces (glabrous in Hieracium scouleri)" 5
4 "Leaf glabrous abaxially, sparsely to +- densely long-hairy adaxially; phyllaries glabrous or sparsely glandular; flowers 6--12" "Hieracium bolanderi"
4 "Leaf glabrous; phyllaries long-hairy, branched-hairy, and black-glandular; flowers 20--60" "Hieracium triste"
5 "Phyllaries generally without long, glandless hairs (occasionally long-hairy in Hieracium argutum), often minutely branched-hairy and/or glandular" 6
5 "Phyllaries with long, glandless hairs, occasionally also branched-hairy and/or glandular" 9
6 "Flowers 30--60" "Hieracium parryi"
6 "Flowers 4--30" 7
7 "Flowers 15--30; involucre 7--9(12) mm; generally at least some leaves wavy-toothed (all entire); pappus +- white; c&s California" "Hieracium argutum"
7 "Flowers generally 4--12(15); involucre (7)8--12 mm; leaves generally entire (minutely dentate); pappus tan to +- brown; KR, NCoR, CaRH" 8
8 "Peduncle glabrous or stalked-glandular; fruit +- urn-shaped" "Hieracium bolanderi"
8 "Peduncle branched-hairy; fruit +- cylindric, not distally narrowed" "Hieracium greenei"
9 "Leaf faces minutely rough-hairy and/or stalked glandular" "Hieracium triste"
9 "Leaf faces long-hairy, also sometimes branched-hairy (rarely glabrous in Hieracium scouleri)" 10
10 "Flowers 6--12(15); involucre +- cylindric to +- bell-shaped" "Hieracium horridum"
10 "Flowers 15--50; involucre obconic to bell-shaped" 11
11 "Some or all leaves wavy-toothed; c&s California" "Hieracium argutum"
11 "Leaves all entire or some minutely dentate; n CA" 12
12 "Cauline leaves 0--3(5); pappus 4--6 mm" "Hieracium nudicaule"
12 "Cauline leaves generally (3)5--10+; pappus 6--7 mm" "Hieracium scouleri"