This spreading perennial also has the dubious distinction of being called "devil's paint brush". Orange hawkweed forms a strong rosette and sends out a slender creeping stolons to establish new plants. It soon forms patches that choke and suffocate desirable grasses. Leaves in the rosette are long, narrow and rounded at the tip. The entire plant is densely covered with hairs. Flowers about an inch across are formed in clusters at the top of a simple, unbranched, leafless stem. They are a combination of flaming orange and red ray petals that are toothed at the tips. Orange hawkweed is common from New Brunswick to Ontario, southward to Virginia. It also occurs in the North Central states and occasionally in Pacific Northwest.