| Pilosella caespitosa | 
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| Scientific classification | 
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
 
| Order: | Asterales | 
 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
 
| Genus: | Pilosella | 
| Species: | P. caespitosa | 
| Binomial name | 
| Pilosella caespitosa 
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| Worldwide distribution | 
| Synonyms | 
| Hieracium altaicum (Nägeli & Peter) Üksip
  Hieracium caespitosum Dumort.
  Hieracium colliniforme (Nägeli & Peter) Roffey
  Pilosella colliniformis (Naegeli & Peter) Dostál
  Hieracium dimorphum Norrl.
  Hieracium dissolutum (Nägeli & Peter) Üksip
  Hieracium dublanense (Rehmann) Czerep.
  Hieracium karelicum Norrl.
  Hieracium leptocaulon (Nägeli & Peter) Üksip
  Hieracium pratense Tausch
  Hieracium rawaruskanum (Zahn) Czerep.
  Pilosella altaica (Nägeli & Peter) Schljakov
  Pilosella dissoluta (Nägeli & Peter) Schljakov
  Pilosella dublanensis (Rehmann) Schljakov
  Pilosella karelica Norrl.
  Pilosella leptocaulon (Nägeli & Peter) Schljakov
  Pilosella pratensis (Tausch) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip.
  Pilosella rawaruskana (Zahn) Schljakov
  Pilosella sudetorum (Naegeli & Peter) Dostál
  
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Pilosella caespitosa (synonym Hieracium caespitosum, commonly known as meadow hawkweed, yellow hawkweed,
field hawkweed, king devil, yellow paintbrush, devil's paintbrush, yellow devil, yellow fox-and-cubs, and yellow king-devil)
is like several other Pilosella species and has a similar appearance to many of the hawkweeds.